WORLD NEWS | Pakistan: Three terrorists killed in Swat shootout with police

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan]June 7 (ANI): Three terrorists, including two imprisoned, were killed on Tuesday in an alleged shootout in Pakistan’s Swatmangarwal mountainous area of ​​Banjot.

Yesterday, June 5, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan revealed that the anti-terrorist unit had captured terrorists from the TTP SWAT team, including a major terrorist leader La Fiura and one of his assistants, Asmatura.

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According to DIG Malakand division Nasir Mahmood Satti, the CTD and local police are conducting search operations in the Banjot area.

However, the DIG Malakand branch told local media sources on Tuesday that the CTD, along with local police personnel, brought the captured militants Rafiulah and Asmatullah to the Banyot area, Pakistan Today reported.

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While CTD and police were conducting a search operation in the area, escaped terrorist Zakilullah and his accomplices opened fire on them, killing Rafiulah and Asmatullah at the scene.

Insurgent Zakirullah was also shot dead on the spot in retaliation for CTD and police actions.

According to Nasir Mahmood Satti of the DIG Malakand branch, the CTD and local police were conducting search operations in the Banjot area before May, Pakistan Today reported.

During the incident, a civilian, Jamad Ali Khan, was killed and a policeman named Waqar Khan was wounded in an exchange of fire between armed men and police. (Arnie)

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