Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Zindi Falak Sher area of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the night of April 9, reports Dawn. A Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) official said that CTD commandos assisted by a contingent of Police launched the operation on information that a group of terrorists affiliated with TTP had gathered for carrying out subversive activities. The Security Forces (SFs) reached the area and besieged the hideout of wanted terrorists to arrest them. However, he added, the terrorists opened fire. “The police commandos took positions and returned the attack in the same manner, killing five terrorists,” CTD official added. The official identified the deceased as Shah Fahad, Nooruddin, Sabireen, Shermanullah and Mohammad Iqbal, saying Nooruddin belonged to Afghanistan and he was the deputy commander of TTP in the area.