Pakistan

CTD kills 8 terrorists involved in attacks on customs officials in DI Khan

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2 years ago

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), at least eight terrorists, were involved in attacks on Customs officials in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The law enforcement agency has claimed that the terrorists — one of which, Jahanzaib, was the most wanted — were killed during an operation conducted in the district.

According to the CTD statement, the dead terrorists were also involved in attacks on security forces, target killing, and extortion. The eliminated terrorists were present in the DI Khan district with plans to cause sabotage, it added.

“The escape routes of the terrorists were blocked,” the CTD maintained, adding that there is a fear of the presence of facilitators of terrorists in the local population. “Strict action is also being taken against the facilitators,” the agency said.

4 Pakistan Custom officials alongside minor girl killed in DI Khan

Last week, in two separate attacks, unknown gunmen killed five customs officers in Dera Ismail Khan district. On April 18, five Pakistan Customs officials were killed on the Sago Road in Daraban tehsil of the DI Khan district.

No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks since Thursday, which police said they were investigating. “Customs officials were present for checks… when unknown persons opened fire,” said the district deputy superintendent of police, Muhammad Adnan on Sunday, adding that two people were injured and the area on a busy highway had been cordoned off.

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