Four terrorist caches, weapons and ammunition recovered in Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Pakistani security forces shot dead four terrorists in two separate encounters in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police gave this information on Friday. Heavily armed terrorists attacked a mobile police van in Nisatta village of Charsadda district on Thursday. After this, on the information about the hideout of the suspects, a police team came to the Gujrabad area of ​​the district. Three terrorists died in the encounter between police and terrorists.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanobar Khan said weapons and ammunition were recovered from the terrorists. He said the dead were actively involved in terrorist activities against the security forces. They were wanted in connection with the January 21 attack on a police station in which one officer was killed and two police officers were injured. He was also wanted in connection with the attack on a police post in the Naushera district on December 3 last year.

In another incident in the district, police killed a terrorist in the Shabarra area after he opened fire on policemen manning a security post. Upon receiving the signal to stop for search, the terrorist opened fire on the police. These events occurred days before a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Peshawar, killing more than 100 people, mostly police officers.

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