5 terrorists, soldier killed in military operation in SW Pakistan: army
Jul 16, 2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16: Five terrorists and a soldier were killed in a military operation by the Pakistan army in the Ziarat district of the country's southwest Balochistan province, a military statement said on Friday.
A terrorists' hideout in the mountains of the district was identified and cleared by security forces during an ongoing operation late Thursday night, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army.
It was a responsive operation in order to trace a group of terrorists who had recently abducted a serving military officer and his relative. The officer was later killed, with his relative taken away by the terrorists on the run.
"The sanitization operation will continue in the area to apprehend the remaining perpetrators and recover the abductee," the ISPR said in the statement.
Source: Xinhua
