October 2, 2023

MIANWALI   –  A police constable was martyred af­ter a group of terrorists attacked a Punjab Highway Patrolling Post in Mianwali. A crossfire also left two terrorists dead and another severe­ly injured. According to a Punjab Police spokesman, a group of more than 10 terrorists attacked Eisa Khel Kundal patrolling post in ear­ly hours on Sunday. An exchange of fire took place between the sus­pects and Punjab police officials who foiled the attempt of the suspects to enter the patrolling post’s building. The fir­ing left two suspects dead while a police head constable Haroon Khan martyred. The spokes­man further said the gun battle ensued for about four hours and the PHP officials repulsed the at­tack. Punjab police chief Dr Usman Anwar said the deceased suspects were involved in terror­ists activities across the country. He said a hunt had been launched to trace the runaway sus­pects. He said the Punjab police along with oth­er security forces were fighting the terrorists, adding CTD has so far conducted 130 intelli­gence-based operations. The Punjab police were put on high alert to pro­tect life and property of the masses, the Punjab IG said. A spike in ter­rorism has recently been witnessed in recent days as terrorists are either attacking law enforce­ment agencies or com­mitting suicide attacks. On Friday, two suicide bombings in Baloch­istan’s Mastung and Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa’s Han­gu had left 64 martyred and over 75 injured. Source:https://www.nation.com.pk/02-Oct-2023/cop-martyred-2-terrorists-gunned-down-in-mianwali-post-attack

FO says Islamabad stands with Ankara in fight against terrorism ANKARA  –  Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government build­ings in Ankara on Sunday, leaving both of them dead and two police of­ficers wounded, and a Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities called it the first terrorist attack in the capital in years. CCTV footage showed a vehicle pull­ing up to the Interior Ministry’s main gate and one of its occupants quickly walking toward the building before be­ing engulfed in an explosion, while the other remains on the street. The blast killed one of the attackers and authorities “neutralised”, or killed, the other, the interior minister said of the incident that rattled a central dis­trict that is home to ministerial build­ings and nearby parliament. In a speech at the opening of a new parliamenta­ry session hours later, President Tayyip Erdogan called the morning attack “the latest attempt” to inflict terror on Turks. “Those who threaten the peace and security of citizens have not achieved their goals and never will,” he said. The ANF News website, which is close to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, said a group called the ‘Immor­tals Battalion’ had carried out the at­tack, citing a PKK statement. The statement described the bomb­ing as a ‘suicide attack’ planned to coin­cide with the opening of parliament and carried out by “a team of ours linked to our Immortals Battalion”. A senior Turk­ish official told media the attackers had hijacked the vehicle and killed its driv­er in Kayseri, a city 260 km (161 miles) southeast of Ankara, before carrying out the attack. One of the injured officers suffered shrapnel injuries, he added. “Two terrorists came with a light commercial vehicle in front of the en­trance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of Internal Affairs and carried out a bomb attack,” Ali Yerlikaya, the interior minister, said on social media platform X. Meanwhile, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday strong­ly condemned the dastardly terrorist attack in Ankara and expressed soli­darity with Turkiye. “Pakistan strongly condemns the dastardly terrorist at­tack in Ankara today. We stand in com­plete solidarity with our Turkish broth­ers and sisters in the fight against the scourge of terrorism. I have no doubt that under the dynamic leadership of my brother (President Recep Tayyip Er­dogan), the resolute Turkish nation will emerge ever stronger from this chal­lenge,” PM Kakar wrote on his X handle. Separately, in a press release shared by PM Office Media Wing, the Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said, “Pakistan resolutely stands with Tur­key in its fight against the scourge of ter­rorism…. The Turkish nation will defeat this menace and emerge ever stronger.” Source:https://www.nation.com.pk/02-Oct-2023/terrorists-carry-out-attack-in-ankara

MURCIA-At least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia. The blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub in the Atalayas area, at around 06:00 (04:00 GMT). Video shared online showed flames raging above the building and thick, dark smoke pouring out of its windows. It is not clear what caused the fire, which broke out when the club was still busy. Officials say the number of deaths could rise. Fourteen people are still missing as emergency services continue searching the building. Police said the fire started at the Fonda Milagros nightclub – known as La Fonda – before spreading to its neighbouring clubs, Teatre and Golden. Local media report that all fatalities are believed to have happened in La Fonda. Diego Seral, of the national police, said “substantial structural damage” had caused a collapse inside La Fonda. A 28-year-old woman sent a voice note to her mother when the fire had started, according to the La Verdad de Murcia newspaper, saying: “Mummy, I love you, we’re going to die.” It She had gone out with her partner and some friends from the nearby town of Caravaca de la Cruz. is not clear if she survived. “They went because in Caravaca there are no nightclubs,” the woman’s father, named as Jairo, told the paper. “It was the second time she had been.” Four people are being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation, and a local sports venue is being used to provide counselling for those affected. Among the victims identified so far, many were attending a birthday party, La Verdad de Murcia newspaper reported. Source:https://www.nation.com.pk/02-Oct-2023/nightclub-fire-kills-13-in-spain