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Three Terrorists Killed in Peshawar Operation: KP IG

Peshawar (December 01, 2017): Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Salahuddin Mehsud confirmed the attack and said that the terrorists will be dealt sternly.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Salahuddin Mehsud addressed the media on Friday after the terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Agriculture Directorate.

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The police chief said a total of three terrorists were killed in the operation, while the identity of a fourth suspected attacker is being ascertained.

He said 20 hand grenades and three suicide jackets were recovered from the deceased terrorists.

Mehsud said that the deceased include six students and the chowkidar of the premises, among other unidentified persons.

Praising the performance of the law enforcement agencies, the IG said police had reached the site in three to four minutes after the incident occurred.Answering a question, Mehsud said investigations into the identity and origin of attackers are under way.He said that he is monitoring the operation and that they are trying hard to safe lives of maximum students.

IG KP said that all of them were wearing suicide vests but they were killed before they could blow themselves up,” said Salahuddin Khan Mehsud, police chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The police chief said six students, a security guard and two civilians were killed in the attack.

Earlier, KP Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai also addressed the media.

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