ISLAMABAD, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan paramilitary troops killed a wanted "terrorist commander" and his two accomplices in clashes in the country's commercial center of Karachi early Thursday, officials said.
Commander Noor Mohammad alias Baba Ladla and members of his criminal armed gang showed stiff resistance but was killed after 35-minute exchange of firing, a spokesman for the paramilitary force, Rangers, said.
One paramilitary soldier was injured in firing.
"Ladla was a cruel and the most wanted terrorist and was involved in over 74 incidents," the spokesman said in a statement.
Ladla's close associates -- Sikandar alias Sikko and Mohammad Yaseen alias Mama, were also killed in the encounter, he said. Three criminals escaped during the encounter.
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