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Five close aides of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud have been killed in a shootout with police,who raided a militant hideout in Pakistans southern port city of Karachi.
The five were killed after they refused to surrender and engaged the police team in a gunfight at the hideout near Gadap town,located close to the national highway,city police chief Waseem Ahmed said on Friday night.
8220;Five other persons managed to escape and we are in their pursuit,8221; he said.
The police official said the five killed were close accomplices of Tehreek-e-Taliban leader Mehsud,who is on the most wanted list of the Pakistan and US governments. 8220;We have recovered heavy ammunition and explosive material from the site where these people were hiding,8221; Ahmed said.
He said the militants were hiding in the area in the garb of displaced people from Swat valley,where the military has launched a major offensive against the Taliban since last
April.
Police said the raid had taken place following 8220;confessions8221; by certain terrorists arrested earlier from the city.
