At least eight terrorists were killed in an operation conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Force in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) as arms and explosives were recovered during the operation.
According to reports, it was a combing operation which resulted in the encounter.
Terrorists were asked to surrender but they started firing.
The terrorists were planning to attack Multan. Furthermore, the reports state that the terrorists belonged to Al-Qaeda and that three terrorists managed to escape as well.
