In brief
Police in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed two suspected terrorists, including a suicide bomber, during a raid on a vehicle in Lakki Marwat district. Officers report that the suspects opened fire on them before being counter‑attacked, killing both. An injured suspect escaped; weapons, ammunition, and a Tehreek‑e‑Taliban Pakistan flag were seized.
Police in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed two suspected terrorists, including a suicide bomber, during a raid on a suspicious vehicle in the Lakki Marwat district, Xinhua reported on November 4.
According to the police, the operation was launched after they received reports of a car with tinted windows parked in the area. Police claimed that the suspects opened fire on officers upon arrival, prompting a retaliatory response that killed both occupants of the vehicle.
An injured suspect escaped the scene; police and the Counter Terrorism Department are now searching for the fleeing individual and identifying the deceased.
Weapons, ammunition, a flag of the proscribed Tehreek‑e‑Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and other suspicious items were recovered from the vehicle. Initial assessments suggest the suspects were planning a major terrorist attack that was foiled by the timely police action.
