Peshawar:
In a crucial operation in the Lala Cheena area of the Khyber district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed three terrorists who allegedly belonged to Outlawed Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).
According to a spokesman, a special weapon and tactics (SWAT) team from the CTD operation conducted the operation on the basis of intelligence reports.
He said after an exchange of fire, ctd neutralized three terrorists, but others managed to flee under the deck of darkness.
He said the dead terrorists were identified as Muhammad Naeem alias Abdul Nasir and Muhammad Karim, residents of Karak who allegedly mastermined Chamkani Suicide Blast.
The third terrorist, Noor Nabi, belonged to Nangarhar -Province in Afghanistan. However, a local ISKP commander, Fazal Noor, and some of his employees managed to escape.
During the operation, the security forces regained three SMGs, twelve magazines, 135 rounds and three band oils from the terrorists. CTD claimed the terrorists planned a major attack that was averted by timely action.
A search operation was underway with heavy deployment in the area and Cordon had been further tightened to arrest refugees.
An explosion targeted a police vehicle within the transfers to the Chamkani police station in Peshawar on May 11. Two policemen were martyrated and one was injured in the attack. ISKP is a brand group of ultra-Orthodox terrorist equipment The Islamic State.
