At least one terrorist was killed and six others arrested during an intelligence intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.
Security forces conducted the operation in Hassu Khel area of Mir Ali, the military’s media wing added.
The ISPR said that a cordon and search operation is underway to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area.
Also read: Two more shot dead in North Waziristan
On September 4, two people were shot dead outside their residence in what appears to be yet another targeted attack in Mir Ali Tehsil of North Waziristan tribal district.
Police told The Express Tribune that in Haider Khel village on the outskirts of the Mir Ali Tehsil, unidentified people opened firing at two men Dostullah and Munib Khan last night, leaving them seriously wounded.
The masked men managed to escape after committing the crime taking full advantage of the darkness.
Last month, a local rights activist and head of Youth of Waziristan, Noor Islam Dawar was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Mir Ali in what appears to be yet another targeted attack.
Police told The Express Tribune that Noor Islam was on his way home from Mir Ali bazaar when miscreants who were riding a bike and a motor car opened firing at him.
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