ISLAMABAD: Two militants were killed and four others were arrested in an operation in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, police said on Thursday.
The operation was jointly conducted in the Lakki Marwat district by police, counter-terrorism department and members of ‘Aman Committee,’ pro-government militias, according to a police spokesman.
Sajjad Khan, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of Bannu region, also dispatched additional police and CTD personnel along with armored vehicles for operation against militants present in the area.
“Two terrorists were killed during the operation,” the Bannu police spokesman said in a statement. “Four terrorists were arrested and two motorcycles used by them were recovered.”
The police statement did not specify which militant group the deceased and the arrestees belonged to, but the Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have stepped up their activities in the region in recent years.
