ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar city killed five militants, during an exchange of fire in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) launched a search operation in the provincial capital of the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on a tip-off regarding presence of suspected militants.
An exchange of fire was triggered off, when the policemen tried to enter a hideout of the suspected militants during the operation, leaving all five militants killed, but no loss of life was reported on the police side, according to the spokesman.
Police later recovered arms and explosives, including suicide vests and hand grenades, from the hideout.
The identities of the killed militants and the name of the militant group they were associated with have not been revealed by the police yet.– NNN-APP
