PESHAWAR, April 16: A police officer was martyred while five terrorists were killed in a joint intelligence-based operation conducted by Pakistan Army and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel in Peshawar’s Hayatabad Phase VII, a statement by the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.
The operation, carried out against a terrorist hideout, started last night. During exchange of fire, five terrorists were killed while ASI Qamar Alam embraced martyrdom. An officer and a soldier were injured, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
Forces are in the process of clearing the compound and search in adjacent areas is in progress. Dead bodies of the terrorists killed in the operation have been recovered, and their identification is in process, the ISPR added.
The terror suspects were wanted for attacks on a judge and additional inspector-general of police, security sources said.-Agencies
