2 terrorists, including suicide bomber, killed in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 4, (Xinhua): Two terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed and another injured in a police operation in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Wednesday. The operation was launched after police received reports of a suspicious car with tinted windows in Lakki Marwat district.

Police said the suspects opened fire on officers upon their arrival, prompting a retaliatory response that killed two occupants of the vehicle. An injured suspect escaped. Weapons, ammunition, a flag of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP), and other suspicious items were recovered from the vehicle.

Initial assessments suggested the suspects were planning a major terrorist attack, which was foiled by the timely police action. Police and the Counter Terrorism Department launched a search operation to track down the fleeing suspect and identify the deceased.