IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gujarabad area under __Nasta Police Station of Charsadda District area, Pakistan on Thu 2nd February 2023

Police on February 2, shot dead three terrorists during an encounter in Gujarabad area under __Nasta Police Station of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 2, reports Samaa TV. Police officials said that they received a tip-off about the presence of suspected terrorists in the Gujarabad area. As Police approached the location, the terrorists started firing upon the officers. A gun battle ensued in which three terrorists were killed. | An unidentified terrorist was killed in retaliation by Police officials after a gun attack on a Police patrolling van in the Shabara area of Charsadda District on February 2, reports ARY News. District Police Officer (DOP) Sohail Khalid said that two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire at a Police van in the Shabara area. In retaliation, Police killed one of the attackers and arrested another. | The suicide bomber who blew himself up after law enforcement personnel encircled their hideout in Hund village of Chota Lahor tehsil (revenue unit) in Swabi District on January 30, was identified as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist Izharullah, who carried PKR two million head money, Dawn reported on February 2. DOP Najamul Hussain disclosed on February 1 that Izhar and his accomplice had refused to surrender when the Police asked them on a megaphone to do so prior to the raid. Izhar, who used two aliases, Shiraz and Abdullah, belonged to Asota village of Razaar tehsil. His other colleague, who also blew himself up, was identified as Zeenat, hailing from Bajaur District. Another terrorist, who was arrested alive, was identified as Shoaib, also belonging to Bajaur District. |