IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Regi Lalma area of Peshawar area, Pakistan on Tue 8th March 2022

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed three terrorists in a shootout at Regi Lalma area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 8, reports The Express Tribune. According to CTD, the three terrorists were part of a network involved in the suicide attack on Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar imambargah that left 63 dead on March 4. The militants were also responsible for other terrorist attacks on law enforcement agencies including killing Police personnel, CTD added. According to CTD, the terrorists were entering Peshawar with the intention of carrying out terrorist activities in Khyber District before being killed in the encounter. Automatic weapons, grenades and ammunition were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists.