RAWALPINDI: The security forces have gunned down five terrorists amid intense exchange of fire dur-ing an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted on the night of December 7 and 8 in the general area Mullazai of Tank District.
The killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against law enforce-ment agencies as well as extortion and target killing of innocent civilians, an Inter-Services Public Rela-tions (ISPR) news release on Friday said.
A cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives was also recovered during the operation.
“Sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists present in the area, as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR said.
Earlier, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) killed three terrorists associated with a banned outfit during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district.
The CTD spokesperson said that an IBO was conducted in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district in which three terrorists of a banned outfit were killed.
A large cache of arms and explosive material was recovered from the terrorists. The CTD team recov-ered two sub-machine guns, pistol, hand grenades, magnetic IED and rounds during the IBO. –Agencies
