IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Esham area of North Waziristan District area, Pakistan on Fri 3rd February 2023

At least two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with Security Forces in the Esham area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 3, reports ARY News. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said the intense encounter continued for hours during which two terrorists were killed. The ISPR said weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists. | The death count from the Peshawar Police Lines Mosque suicide attack targeting Police officers was revised down to 84 on February 2, reports NDTV. The figure had earlier been put at 101 killed. "The confusion arose and wrong statistics came out due to double registration by the families in the hospitals," Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ejaz Khan said. "Now that the rescue work has been completed, we have completed the statistics, according to which 84 people were martyred." He said 83 were Policemen, while one was a civilian woman living and working on the compound. Moazzam Jah Ansari, the Chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Police, confirmed the new death count to reporters. | К |