MASTERMIND OF TERROR ATTACK ON SHIA MUSLIMS AMONG FOUR KILLED IN HANGU

  Wednesday, 16 January 2019

source: shiitenews

With ties to Pakistani Taliban, four terrorists, including the alleged mastermind of a deadly suicide attack of the last year in Orakzai, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Hangu today on Wednesday, police said.
Security forces had conducted a raid in Hangu after a tip-off was received that the house was serving as a militant hideout, a local police official, Muhammad Khalid, said.
Seeing the cops outside, the terrorists opened fire on security forces during the raid. Four terrorists were killed in the ensuing encounter. A civilian was also accidentally killed in the shootout.
One of the militants killed was identified as Muhammad Islam. The security source said that Islam had ties to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
He was said to responsible for orchestrating the Nov 23 suicide attack near a Shia Imambargah in lower Orakzai's Kalaya Bazaar that left at least 32 people dead and 31 injured.