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| Five killed in Karachi shoot-out | Five killed in Karachi shoot-out |
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| Pakistani police say they have killed five militants linked to a Taliban leader in the city of Karachi. | Pakistani police say they have killed five militants linked to a Taliban leader in the city of Karachi. |
| The police chief said the shoot-out took place after officers raided an apartment in the west of the city. | The police chief said the shoot-out took place after officers raided an apartment in the west of the city. |
| The militants were loyal to Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and were planning attacks, he added. | The militants were loyal to Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and were planning attacks, he added. |
| The raid comes as the military prepares to launch an assault against Mehsud's group in the South Waziristan region, on the Afghan border. | |
| The military is also battling militants in the Swat valley to the northwest. | |
| But there are fears the militants could be leaving these areas to launch attacks in Pakistan's cities. | |
| "We raided the house on a tip-off that militants were planning attacks in the city," Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed told Reuters news agency. | |
| "As we reached near the house, they opened fire. Our force returned the fire and five militants were killed." | |
| Correspondents say Baitullah Mehsud is thought to head the most powerful group of militants in Pakistan, with a network of alliances with other militants. | |
| His stronghold in South Waziristan is an area considered by many to be the hide-out of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. |