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2 suspects in fatal attacks on Lahore cops killed in Muridke fire exchange, say police

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LAHORE: Two men who allegedly shot dead three police officials in Lahore on Thursday were killed during an exchange of fire with law enforcers at a house in Muridke where they had held a family hostage, police sources told Dawn . Police officials identified the suspects as a father-son duo, Fayyaz Butt and Rehan Butt, saying that they were killed in a joint operation by Lahore police, counter-terrrorism department (CTD) personnel, Sheikhpura police and Elite Force personnel on Friday morning after an hours-long chase from Lahore to Muridke. The suspects held the driver of a Lahore Waste Management Company vehicle at gunpoint and forced him to keep on driving to reach Muridke, the officials said. According to police, they allegedly shot dead two policemen in Lahore’s Badami Bagh area and one at Yateem Khana Chowk, Multan Road, besides injuring three on Thursday night. Initial police inquiries showed that the first armed attack was carried out by Rehan and his accomplices in Badami Bagh.

First report: Two police personnel martyred in firing in Lahore’s Badami Bagh — tribune.com.pk, 1d