Pakistani forces kill 2 ISIS militants in Multan

Pakistan Forward

MULTAN -- Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel killed two terrorists belonging to the Khorasan branch of "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS-K) in Multan, Geo News reported Thursday (June 20).

Three others managed to escape during the incident on Wednesday (June 19) night.

Authorities identified the two killed as Rizwan and Imran Saqi. Both were wanted for the kidnapping of three government officials and Warren Weinstein, a US citizen, a CTD spokesperson said. Weinstein was killed by accident in Waziristan in 2015.

Authorities seized weapons, explosives, detonators, maps and money from their possession, he added.

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