DHAKA: Pakistan police foiled a major terror attack on Saturday in central Punjab province, killing at least four suspected Taliban militants.

Officials said, reports The Straits Times.

Heavy weapons and explosives - including four suicide jackets, 12 rockets, 40 hand grenades, 328kg of gunpowder - were recovered from the militants after a gun battle in the southern Muzaffargarh district, some 350km from provincial capital Lahore.

‘We received information from intelligence officials about the movement of militants in the area. The gunfight started when police signalled a car to stop for checks and militants fired at the cops,’ Rai Zamir-ul-Haq, police chief in the district, told the media.

‘In the exchange of fire, we killed four militants. Two police officials were also injured by two grenades hurled at them by the militants,’ he said.

Police said they also found chemicals for potential use in an attack stored in the militants’ vehicle, which was also confiscated for further investigation.

‘By seizing such large quantity of weapons and explosives and killing these militants, we have foiled a major attempt of terror in the region. There were confirmed intelligence reports that the militants were planning major terrorist attacks in Multan and Muzaffargarh cities,’ Haq said.

BDST: 1548 HRS, DEC 13, 2014