According to a Counter-Terrorism Department spokesman, a team of police personnel last night raided a house in Azam Chowk in Layyah district, some 350-km from Lahore.
The terrorists present in the house opened fire. The police returned the fire killing three terrorists, he said.
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"The slain terrorists belonged to Al-Qaeda. The law enforcement agencies have thwarted a major terrorist attack in the province," he said.
Meanwhile, the Punjab police launched a search operation in different districts of the province including Lahore and arrested more than 200 suspects.
"Police in a search operation in different districts of Punjab have detained more than 200 suspects mostly Afghans. The police are interrogating them," a police spokesperson said.
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