2 ‘most-wanted terrorists’ killed in Tank protection action: CTD
The Counter-Extremist unrest Division (CTD) personnel killed two “most-wanted terrorists” affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) during
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2 ‘most-wanted terrorists’ killed in Tank protection action: CTD
The Counter-Extremist unrest Division (CTD) personnel killed two “most-wanted terrorists” affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) during an intel-based protection action in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank sector on Wednesday, according to a press release issued by the CTD.
The press release stated CTD personnel conducted the protection action within the limits of Gomal police station on the basis of “credible intel”.
It stated that the suspects, upon encountering CTD personnel, opened fire on them. The press release further stated that the exchange of gunfire continued for around 40 minutes, following which a inspection protection action was launched.
During the inspection protection action, the press release stated, two “terrorists were found dead”. It further stated that two Kalashnikovs, along with six magazines and cartridges and two bandoliers, were found in the possession of the slain suspects.
According to the CTD, the suspects were affiliated with the TTP’s Mushtaq group and had been involved in multiple attacks on police.
The press release stated they had been involved in the target killing of a head police official and the abduction and killing of a police official. They had also been involved in IED attacks on police, it stated, adding that they were involved in an assault on a judges’ convoy in Lakki Marwat in August 2024, in which two police personnel lost their lives.
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