Six TTP terrorists killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, search was on for a long time

Peshawar. Six Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists were killed in an operation by security forces in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday. Police sources gave this information. He said the operation against the terrorists was launched jointly by the Anti-Terrorism Department and Lakki Marwat district police following intelligence inputs about the presence of TTP militants in the area.

According to the police official, the slain terrorists were planning to attack Abbasa Khatak police station in the district. He said that action was taken on the basis of intelligence and six TTP terrorists were killed in the encounter between terrorists and security forces. He said that arms, ammunition and hand grenades were recovered from the slain terrorists. The Anti-Terrorism Department has launched a search operation in the area. Attacks by the banned TTP have increased in recent months and are believed to have strengthened after the Taliban took over neighboring Afghanistan. TTP is a collective platform of several terrorist organizations which was established in 2007.

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