11 terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat IBO

IBO being carried out in response to recent improvised IED explosion in district

RAWALPINDI:

Eleven terrorists were killed and their multiple hideouts were also busted during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday.

The IBO was carried out in response to a recent improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the same district that claimed the lives of seven brave soldiers, including Captain Muhammad Faraz Ilyas and Subedar Major Muhammad Nazir.

“A sanitization operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorist in the area,” the media wing of the military said. The ISPR reaffirmed the determination to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the security forces for killing 11 militants in this effective action against terrorists. In a statement, he said the valiant members of Pakistan’s security forces conducted a successful operation against terrorists by putting their lives at stake.

The prime minister said that security forces had always been proved as an iron wall in the war against terrorism. “The entire nation is standing with the security forces in war against terrorism,” the prime minister added. “We are committed to the complete elimination of terrorism from the country.”

On Sunday, seven security personnel were martyred in the IED blast. The ISPR had identified the martyrs as Capt Faraz Ilyas; Subedar Major Muhammad Nazir; Lance Naik Muhammad Anwar; Lance Naik Hussain Ali, Sepoy Asad Ullah; Sepoy Manzoor Hussain; and Sepoy Rashid Mehmood.

“Perpetrators of this heinous act would be brought to justice. Security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,” the ISPR had said in a statement