Six terrorists killed in South Waziristan IBO: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Security forces have gunned down six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), ARY News reported on Wednesday, quoting Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

According to a statement issued by military’s media wing, the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in general area Kot Azam, South Waziristan District, on reported presence of terrorists.

“During the operation, intense exchange of fire occurred between security forces and terrorists, resulting in killing of six terrorists,” the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.

The military’s media wing claimed that the terrorists were remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces as well as extortion and targeted killing of innocent citizens.

Meanwhile, sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any terrorists found in the area. “Locals of the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism,” it added.

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Earlier in May, three Pakistani Army soldiers and three children were martyred in a suicide attack in North Waziristan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

According to the ISPR, the suicide attack in Miramshah area of the North Waziristan district claimed lives of three soldiers and three innocent children.

The martyred army personnel included Havaldar Zubair Qadir, and soldiers Aziz Asfar and Qasim Maqsood Umar. The martyred children, according to the military’s media wing, have been identified as 11-year-old Ahmed Hasan, eight-year-old Ahsan, and four-year-old Anam.