According to Peshawar police chief Qazi Jameel, one of the suspected terrorists had been killed on Monday night whereas the rest of the four were neutralised on Tuesday. Residents living around the suspects’ hideout were evacuated with the help of security personnel and rescue forces. Elsewhere, funeral prayers for the martyred policeman, Qamar Alam, were offered in Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in Peshawar. CM Khan told reporters that police had launched the operation on a tip off that suspected terrorists were hiding in a house in the Hayatabad area. “The people [suspected terrorists] had been living in the house on a rental basis for almost 15 days.
Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2019 07:41 UTC