At least four terrorists belonging to a banned outfit were killed while two others managed to escape after an exchange of fire with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel here.
A CTD spokesman said that a team of the department responding to an intelligence tip-off regarding presence of militants, conducted an operation in Lodhran city. Upon seeing the CTD team, the terrorists hiding in the area opened fire and tried to flee. In retaliatory firing of CTD personnel, four terrorists allegedly linked with a banned outfit were killed while two managed to escape. Suicide jackets, hand grenades and weapons were recovered from the possession of those killed.
The spokesman said that the terrorists were involved in various incidents of terrorism and attacks on security forces.