LAYYAH: Three terrorists belonging to a banned outfit were killed in exchange of fire with the personnel of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Layyah late Friday night.
Three others managed to flee taking advantage of darkness.
According to CTD spokesman, police conducted raid at Jangal Golay near Chowk Azam Layyah to arrest six terrorists.
The militants hurled hand grenade at police which exploded near them as a result the terrorists sustained injuries. Later, the militants opened fire on the police personnel.
In retaliatory fire, three terrorists were killed, while, three others managed to escape taking advantage of darkness.
The spokesman further said police recovered huge quantity of weapons from the custody of the militants.
The terrorists were planning to target Law Enforcement Agencies and other key installations.