KARACHI: At least 12 suspected militants were shot dead in two separate encounters in the metropolis on Monday, police claimed. Malir SSP Rao Anwar claimed that eight suspected militants were gunned down in Pipri area of the city, while four others were killed in Gadap. Rao said that taking action over the information provided by two under-interrogation terror suspects, Naeem Bukhari and Farooq Bhatti, the police and law enforcement agencies conducted a joint operation in Pipri area of the provincial capital. During the raid, the extremists hiding in the area started firing at the law enforcers which led to an encounter. In cross-firing, eight terrorists were killed while two policemen sustained bullet wounds. The bodies and injured were moved to the hospital. Weapons, suicide jackets and uniforms of sensitive agencies personnel were also seized from them. The killed suspects are stated to be hailing from banned Al-Qaeda Subcontinent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). A few of them were identified as Sohail Chishmatoo, Khalil, Bilal, Talha and Abdul Salam. Arms including five kalashnikovs, three pistols, suicide jackets and uniforms of sensitive agencies were seized from their possession. Sindh Rangers also arrested several suspected extortionists belonging to banned People’s Amn Committee in a separate raid in the city.