[DAWN] A key commander of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), was killed during a shootout, police sources claim.The Station House officer (SHO) of Kulachi Police Station, Haroon Khan said one terrorist has been bumped off during the encounter as a probe into the incident continues.
Upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of the alleged Death Eater, the police conducted an operation in the Kulachi area.
During an exchange of fire between police personnel and the Death Eaters, the commander - also allegedly one of the criminal masterminds of the Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
prison break - was killed. Dozens of heavily-armed Taliban bully boyz had freed nearly 175 inmates, including 35 'high-profile Death Eaters' in the prison break in 2013.
The Death Eater killed today belonged to Noorzai tribe and was a resident of Rori village and was involved in other terrorist activities as well. The commander was wanted by the authorities in connection with another attack in the Loni area of Kulachi, police sources said.