FAISALABAD: As many as three alleged terrorists of a banned outfit were killed during an encounter with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police in the limits of Sandal Bar police here late Saturday night.
A spokesman of CTD said that the CTD police conducted an operation at Faisalabad bypass and engaged five terrorists coming towards the city to attack the office of a law enforcement agency.
The CTD police intercepted them and ordered them to surrender. The terrorists refused and opened indiscriminate firing on the police team. The CTD team also retaliated and during the cross firing three of the outlaws received serious bullet injuries and died on the spot, whereas their two accomplices managed to escape from the scene under the cover of darkness.
The CTD police recovered weapons, explosive material, detonators, prima cord, motorcycles, and other illegal material from them.
According to initial reports, these terrorists belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and wanted to target different areas in the city, the CTD spokesman claimed, adding that special teams had also been formed to arrest the escapees.
