At least seven people, including five terrorists, were killed in separate incidents in Tank and North Waziristan Agency.
The officials in Tank reported that security forces and members of peace lashkar jointly raided a suspected hideout of terrorists in village Garhi Haider on Thursday. The militants opened fire on the raiding team. According to officials, two peace committee members were killed. They also claimed to have killed a terrorist. The body of the terrorist was taken into custody. However, the body has not been identified so far.
Separately, four terrorists were shot dead by unidentified men in village Peer Keley on Mirali-Miranshah road late on Wednesday night.
The tribal sources said that terrorist commander Shafiqu alias Sargardan and his three bodyguards were present in their hideout. Attackers arrived there in a car with tinted windows and open fire on the terrorists. All the four terrorists died on the spot. Panic gripped the area after the killing. Vehicles with tinted windows had been used in target killing of around 800 tribal elders, including clerics in both NWA and South Waziristan Agency.
