RAWALPINDI: At least two terrorists and their three facilitators were arrested in a joint operation of security forces along police in Mansehra on Tuesday, said the media wing of armed forces.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the suspects were arrested during an intelligence based operation as a part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. They were involved in terror incidents in the Hazara Region, it added.
“The terrorists have been involved in target killings of police officials and attacks on military convoys,” the ISPR said.
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The armed forces media wing said the suspects also carried out terror attacks on Imambargahs.
On January 11 this year, at least two terrorists were killed in Balochistan by the Pakistan Army.
According to the ISPR, intelligence based operations were conducted on suspected terrorist hideouts in the areas of Kalat, Kharan and Maiwand as part of the on-going operation Radd ul Fassad by the Frontier Corps (FC).
Weapons and ammunition including sub-machine guns (SMGs), improvised explosives devices (IEDs), mines, rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and communication equipment were also recovered.
In a separate operation in January, at least one terrorist was killed by security forces during an IBO in North Waziristan.
