Pakistani security forces successfully thwarted a terrorist attack by the TTP on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, highlighting ongoing security challenges in the region.
Security sources mowed down two terrorists belonging to the banned TTP after they attempted to attack an under-construction police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan on Sunday, police said.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are termed as Fitna al Khawarij by the state.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district, labourers were busy with construction with police officials deployed for security when the Fitna-al Khawarij demanded that the work stop. This resulted in their clashing with the police, during which two terrorists were killed, police officials said.
The terrorists also kidnapped a few of the workers and policemen. However, negotiations were held with tribal elders, which resulted in their return, the officials said.
Meanwhile, one person was killed and three others were injured after a mortar shell fell in Kurram's Para Chamkani area, police said.