Terrorist blows himself up as railway bomb plot foiled in Jhelum

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Terrorist blows himself up as railway bomb plot foiled in Jhelum

Amir Kayani Published January 28, 2016

JHELUM: A terror bid on the outskirts of the city in Domeli Mor was foiled by police Thursday morning when a terrorist, during an encounter with police, blew himself up, police said.

The terrorist ─ who was allegedly targeting the Rawalpindi to Lahore Pakistan Express ─ tried to plant explosives on railway tracks near Grand Trunk Road when a citizen reported the 'suspicious individual' to Motorway Police, police said.

Deputy Superintendent Police Motorways Rauf Chishti reached the scene after the tip-off.

The terrorist lobbed a hand grenade at security personnel upon sight and then blew himself up, security sources said.

District Information Officer Awais, however, earlier said the suspect had exchanged fire with police before blowing himself up with a hand grenade.

Police recovered four hand grenades and two pistols, as well as two National Identity Cards and a vehicle from the terrorist's possession.

A heavy contingent of police, along with the District Police Officer, reached the site of the explosion and cordoned off the area. A search operation was conducted in the area and two suspicious individuals were arrested.

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Raja

Jan 28, 2016 10:51am

Thanks Pakistani Awam for reporting suspicious activity. Together we can beat terrorists and evil design of terrorist sponsors :)

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Ahmed USA

Jan 28, 2016 10:51am

Credit goes to our country's valiant intelligence and security apparatus and the awareness they have created amongst the masses to handle crisis situation... Kudos to the vigilant citizen who raised the alarm and helped save many lives... It appears that terrorism is in the throes... Instigators are desperate and are breathing their last...

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Pakistani

Jan 28, 2016 10:52am

Good job police and citizen.The citizen should be anonymously rewarded.

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Waqas

Jan 28, 2016 11:12am

"A citizen reported the 'suspicious individual' to motorway police, police said." that's what we need to eradicate terrorism from over country. Government should create awareness among the citizen in this regard and police also need to behave well to make sure that collective effort works.

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mudassar

Jan 28, 2016 11:15am

good job by police

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Dexter

Jan 28, 2016 11:18am

Good Job. This message to all my country men / women: Please save emergency numbers in their mobiles and provide information to police when they see any kind of suspicious activity.

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OSD

Jan 28, 2016 11:30am

Congratulations to our security personnel.. It seems like everyone, from our brave security guards to the generals, have started performing like no one else in the world!

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Hamid Shafiq

Jan 28, 2016 11:47am

Show a sense of responsibility of that citizen who inform to police at right time before that terrorist can do wrong thing if every citizen keep an eye on surrounding then we can save many lives

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IceMan

Jan 28, 2016 12:04pm

In order for us as a Nation to defeat terrorism all of us need to be vigilant and play our part. It is the duty of each one of us to report any suspicious activity, person or situation to the law enforcing officials immediately. This would save hundreds of lives and assets. United we stand!

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Drdk

Jan 28, 2016 12:19pm

How insane can a person be?..blowing himself up..imagine the amount of brain washing..what a waste of life..i being a doctor, spend sleepless nights to save people from point of no return cancer..and some people dont value life.

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Khurram S

Jan 28, 2016 12:53pm

We have to become eyes and ears of our LEAs. That's good work done by the citizen here, he should be rewarded accordingly.

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Avenger

Jan 28, 2016 01:09pm

"Police recovered a hand grenade and two pistols from the terrorist." How?

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Kamal Pasha

Jan 28, 2016 01:10pm

Punjab needs Rangers like in Sindh, before it is too late. The government of Punjab is useless and have failed to control the crimes and corruptions.There are more crimes in Punjab than the rest of Pakistan together.

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Shazad

Jan 28, 2016 01:14pm

Laak laak shuukar hai to the guy who tipped off the police and well done security personnel. Hope the person get rewarded. This is what we need people tipping off well done

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Truth

Jan 28, 2016 01:29pm

Well done the citizen who reported suspicious object to police and well done the police. Unless all of us remain vigilant regarding any suspicious person or activity, we cannot defeat the terrorists.

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amir

Jan 28, 2016 01:30pm

my father could have been on that fateful train. the man who had the common sense to report this beast to the authorities is a true hero! people we need to fight this menace together the government can't do it alone .please all of you stand united because this fight back begins from our homes !

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Rizwan

Jan 28, 2016 02:18pm

Well done to member of public who helped to save many lives. Most criminals get cough in western countries with the help of public. Public needs to play a major role to stop these idiots. Saving one life is like a saving the whole community.

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Haroon

Jan 28, 2016 02:19pm

@Kamal Pasha Some people like you try to settle regional and ethnic scores on the news like these. Do you know for some days i lived in Karachi and it was the worst experience for me. I was robbed on the streets three times in two weeks. In Punjab i can even walk at 3 in the night and no one ever tried to rob me. Punjab is far far better managed than any other province. Kindly keep your ethnic and regional bias to yourself. I Have a question that if Punjab is so dangerous then why people in droves are coming and settling in from other provinces especially from Karachi and KP?

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shereen

Jan 28, 2016 02:22pm

The citizens need to keep a watchful eye out because unless we have millions of eyes watching our spaces there is little that security personnel can do. Good to hear of the foiled attempt. Terrorists want to die its their choice but let's make them go alone.

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Tanweer Khan

Jan 28, 2016 02:33pm

@shereen "Terrorists want to die its their choice but let's make them go alone." Well said - if they want to kill themselves, that's their business. But ordinary law abiding and innocent citizens should be safe from these heinous crimes.

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sajjad

Jan 28, 2016 02:34pm

Reported by a civilian and action by security personals, this is how peace can be attained and maintained in the land

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Whatacountry

Jan 28, 2016 02:45pm

Much has been rightly said already but the most essential anti terror ingredient is a people watch. This is how countries have eliminated this menace. Bless that person who knew what to do and saved many lives.

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ishtiaq khan

Jan 28, 2016 02:53pm

1. that's a very good initiative taken by citizen, 2. we need to educate ppl to alert the forces by advertising on social, print and electronic media if they see any thing unusual or suspicious. 3. there should be a free report line/telephone booth to report any incident on roads, street and every where. 4. we all need to be with our forces hand to hand. well done to our ppl and forces for fighting against this horrible terrorism.

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Factual

Jan 28, 2016 04:15pm

Salute to the citizen who reported the suspicious person. A real hero indeed. If society helps LEAs like this, it will become impossible for terrorists to carry out their activities.

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Khurshid Qazi

Jan 28, 2016 04:22pm

I am glad on the conduct of a citizen who reported the activity of a terrorist to authorities in a timely manner. We must have a dedicated service line for the entire Pakistan or city to city basis. I live in UAE and here too they have been having a service called "Al Ameen". This meant for citizens to report suspicious activities immediately on a specific telephone line and in fact it is very successful. Authorities must immediately act on it. No hassle to citizen, no identity issue, no fear.

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sana

Jan 28, 2016 04:32pm

As soon as Raheel announced he will retiring as per schedule these terrorist incidents have risen dramatically.

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Jan 28, 2016 04:53pm

I am a bit confused:::: Police recovered CNIC???? Pistols and hand Granade??? Why the terrorist keep carrying CNIC while on a mission of suicide?? How police recovered hand grenade if someone blew himself???

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Jan 28, 2016 04:58pm

@Haroon ""why people in droves are coming and settling in from other provinces especially from Karachi and KP?"" Seriously?? People are shifting from Karachi to Punjab????? Can you provide us any significant case or is it an Airy-fairy????

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Muslim Medina

Jan 28, 2016 05:27pm

The person who alerted police should be rewarded and also police be commended on how swiftly they reacted. The other point is that the terrorist had two identity cards. Who issued them should also be taken to task.

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Whatacountry

Jan 28, 2016 05:35pm

@Philosopher (from Japan) only Punjab Police can do this. Just ignore this part.

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moeazzi

Jan 28, 2016 06:21pm

i hope they catch these people alive and then find out who is behind them training and brain washing them to commit such acts of terror. Every time I hear this kind of news the criminals are killed or kill themselves and not arrested alive. Law enforcement agencies should put an effort to injure them and catch the alive instead of quick exchange gunfire on the spot that kills them.

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Jan 28, 2016 07:39pm

That's very close to my Home Town Jhelum, good he was caught in time.

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Jan 28, 2016 07:43pm

@Philosopher (from Japan) ID is carried by the criminals so they can move around the country at will like ordinary public its obvious.

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Leo

Jan 28, 2016 08:02pm

time to conclude that there can't be a "good" terrorist..

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M.Saeed

Jan 28, 2016 09:22pm

@Drdk : Doctor, you must know that, a never ending permanent life in paradise at the earliest is the assurance given to these terrorists.

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