Security forces kill 5 TTP terrorists in Pak’s Punjab

Five “highly dangerous” Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists were killed by the law enforcement agencies on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said.

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab police conducted an intelligence-based operation near Attock district, some 400 kilometres from Lahore, early Tuesday.

“Following credible intelligence, the law enforcement agencies launched the operation,” the CTD said in a statement. During the raid at their hideout, the terrorists opened fire on the security personnel, triggering an exchange of gunfire between the two sides, it said.

“As a result of the operation, five highly dangerous terrorists were killed,” it added. A cache of weapons and explosives, including one suicide vest, three submachine guns, and two hand grenades, was recovered from the slain terrorists.