Two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed by Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) during an encounter on Jaffarabad Road in Sukkur city (Sukkur District) of Sindh on October 25, reports The Express Tribune. According to CTD officials, an operation was carried out on Jaffarabad Road in Sukkur on a tip-off from the federal agency. Militants on motorcycles indiscriminately opened fire to avoid arrest. However, both the terrorists were injured in retaliatory firing; they died on the way to the hospital. “CTD Sukkur and Garden Karachi took joint action against the terrorists,” Sukkur Station house officer (SHO) Ali Nawaz Soomro claimed. He added that the terrorists had not yet been identified. Two pistols, ball bearings, one kilogram of explosive material, a motorbike among other possessions were recovered from the militants.