{"id":1193,"date":"2023-09-07T02:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/three-terrorists-killed-by-accomplices-in-khyber-firefight-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T02:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:34:16","slug":"three-terrorists-killed-by-accomplices-in-khyber-firefight-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/three-terrorists-killed-by-accomplices-in-khyber-firefight-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Three \u2018terrorists\u2019 killed by accomplices in Khyber firefight | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPESHAWAR:
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Three Lashkar-e-Islam terrorists were killed in a police encounter when their aides tried to free them from the custody of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Khyber tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

A police official said that the Peshawar CTD arrested two terrorists, Abdul Jabbar and Omar, residents of Malikdin Khel, Khyber who had been interrogated and had pointed out that a large cache of arms had been kept buried at a secret place.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBoth terrorists had been taken by the CTD to identify the site where the arms and ammunition had been hidden\u201d, said an official, adding that, during the process, a group of terrorists had attacked the police party from the nearby mountains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey ambushed the police and tried to free the accused, who were hand cuffed, but their firing killed both men.<\/span><\/p>\n

An attacker was also killed when the police returned fire\u201d, he said, adding that the attack had taken place where the arms had been buried underground.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe attackers were six or seven in number and had set an ambush in the mountains. <\/span><\/p>\n

The identity of the slain attacker is yet to be established\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd<\/sup>, 2023.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n