LAHORE (Dunya News) – Three terrorists were eliminated and their two accomplices escaped in an exchange of fire with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police near Chakri, Rawalpindi, Dunya News reported here on Saturday.
According to a spokesman for CTD, five terrorists during an operation opened fire on CTD police. The CTD personnel in a befitting manner retaliated to their firing.
As a result of skirmish, three terrorists were taken out whereas their two accomplices managed to escape under the cover of darkness.
The spokesman claimed that the terrorists had completed their planning to carry out terror activities in Pindi.
According to CTD, it was an intelligence based operation and the terrorists were killed in the firing of their own accomplices.
Suicide jackets, safety fuse wire, bullets, weapons and explosives were seized from the eliminated terrorists.
Their bodies were sent to morgue for their identification. CTD launched a search operation for the arrest of the two fleeing militants.