Six hardcore terrorists killed in IBOs

Most wanted TTP sharpshooter Shakar Din alias Umar Khalid among slain

PESHAWAR/QUETTA:

Six terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat and Balochistan’s Pishin districts on Wednesday.

Four terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outfit were killed on Wednesday during an operation conducted in Pishin district of Balochistan, a Counter Terrorism Department spokesman said.

The most wanted sharpshooter of the TTP, Shakar Din alias Umar Khalid, was among four terrorists killed in the IBO.

The Balochistan CTD had carried out the search operation in a refugee camp in the Surkhab area of Pishin district where, during an exchange of fire, the four TTP men were killed. A huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from the hideouts of the outlawed terrorists.