Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered seven charred bodies, including those of two women and two children, from a militant hideout in the capital yesterday. “We’ve found the charred remains of seven people, including that of militant Abdullah, his two wives, two children and two associates, at the militant hideout. Their bodies were burnt to ashes,” RAB director general Benazir Ahmed told journalists at a press briefing held at the spot. He said Abdullah was a member of Al-Ansar of the JMB’s Sarwar-Tamim group. There were large quantities of explosives in the militant hideout, whose fourth and fifth floors have been damaged by explosions, he added. Many pigeons, too, have been killed due to the blasts,…

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