A terrorist was killed and another received injuries in an
encounter in Gula
Bera area near Junglekhel
of Kohat in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa on June
25, reports Dawn.
Sources said that
a Policeman was
also injured in
the encounter. Police
said that they were
tipped off by intelligence
agencies about entry
of two terrorists
from Hangu into
Kohat. The slain
militant was identified
as Sahibur Rehman,
a resident of Hangu
District while Shaukat,
a resident of South
Waziristan Agency
(FATA), was arrested
in injured condition.
The injured Policeman
was identified as
Gul Sher.
Separately, Police shut down an arms factory in Industrial
Estate on Kohat
Road, saying it
was involved in
weapon smuggling.
They seized arms
and ammunition and
arrested three suspects.
Police acted on
a tip the Haroon
Enterprises factory
was involved in
smuggling arms to
Punjab, Rehmatullah,
a Bhanamari Police
Station officer,
said. “We raided
the factory and
seized more than
300 unregistered
pistols, 20 shotguns,
two Kalashnikovs
and more than 500
cartridges and other
accessories,” he
said. Only 79 pistols
in the factory were
registered, he added. |
