Five terrorists killed in Karachi police encounter

Dunya News

Police says those killed in encounter were activists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

KARACHI (Dunya News) - At least five terrorists were killed in police encounter during operation in Landhi Gulshan-e-Buner on Tuesday.

Police launched operation Lanshi Gulshan-e-Bunir on a tipoff of the presence of miscreants in the area and killed the terrorist in encounter. Hand grenades, ball bombs and weapons of different types were recovered from the site.

According to police, local Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Javed alias Omer was among those killed in the encounter. He was wanted to police in several cases including target killing of 60 people and attack on polio team.

Police added that those killed in the encounter were planning a terrorist attack in the city.