Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/BANNU: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled a major ambush in the Miransha area of North Waziristan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after a team came under fire during the transportation of militants.
The CTD said on Tuesday that at least four terrorists were killed by their accomplices during the exchange of fire.
According to sources, the CTD team was transferring the alleged terrorists from Miranshah to Bannu, when the terrorists belonging to the banned Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) opened fire with sophisticated in an attempt to get their accomplice freed from custody.
The CTD team retaliated and pushed back the attackers.
Reinforcements were also sent to the area and four terrorists were killed during the exchange of fire. Several government vehicles were also damaged in the gunbattle.
“Four terrorists were killed in the firing by their would-be “rescuers,” while six other militants escaped the scene taking advantage of darkness and bushes,” the CTD said.
CTD identifies terrorists
The slain terrorists, identified as Irshadullah, Abdur Rahman and Mehar Din, were wanted to the CTD in several terrorism cases. One terrorist, however, could not be identified, the CTD said.
The CTD said that the terrorists had been involved in grenade strikes and targeted killings of police and security forces. The CTD said that the terrorists were also involved in a hand-grenade attack on the Cantonment Police Station and had martyred constable Iftikhar.
The CTD said that four SMGs with ammunition and other arms were recovered from the possession of terrorists.
Heavy contingents of security forces and police later launched a search and clearance operation to hunt down the fleeing terrorists.
