LAKKI MARWAT: Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire during a police operation in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
Police launched an immediate operation in the Gandi Chowk area of Lakki Marwat district and killed two terrorists belonging to the banned group Fitna al-Khawarij, including a suicide bomber. However, an injured terrorist managed to escape, prompting police to launch a search operation in the area.
According to a police spokesperson, authorities had received information about the presence of a suspicious vehicle with tinted windows in Gandi Chowk, located in the Sarai Naurang tehsil. A large police contingent immediately rushed to the scene.
Upon seeing the police, the suspected terrorists inside the vehicle attempted to flee and opened fire on the police team.
In response, police returned fire, killing two terrorists, including a suspected suicide bomber, who were travelling in the vehicle. Another militant was injured but managed to escape. A search operation is underway to track him down.
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The spokesperson further said that weapons, a flag belonging to a banned organisation, women’s burqas and other prohibited items were recovered from the bodies of the killed terrorists at the scene.
Earlier, in June, at least two civilians, including a two-year-old child, were martyred and 10 others injured in a suicide blast near a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said.
According to police, a motorcycle-borne suicide attacker attempted to enter a mosque in the Khairokhel Pakka area during Friday prayers. However, members of a local peace committee opened fire on the suspect before he could reach the mosque.
Police said the firing triggered an explosion in the explosives-laden motorcycle, killing the attacker and causing a powerful blast near the mosque.
