Kuwaiti authorities have arrested three suspected Daesh members accused of plotting attacks on a Shiite mosque and key national installations, according to a security source cited by AFP.
At least 15 militants were killed in a security operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while a policeman was killed and several security personnel and civilians were injured in separate terrorist incidents across Upper Dir, Bannu, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan and Bajaur.
Three police officers were killed and four people injured in two separate terrorist attacks targeting police teams in Lahore, Pakistan. Police said the attackers were affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and identified Rehan Butt as the main suspect. The assailants also hijacked a police vehicle and fled after the second attack.
Pakistan’s military said 18 militants were killed after explosives being prepared at a militant hideout in Surab, Balochistan, detonated prematurely. ISPR said three civilians were also killed and two security personnel wounded. Security officials told Terror Monitor that the militants were affiliated with the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
Pakistan’s security forces killed 10 militants and wounded 16 others during multiple intelligence-based operations against TTP-affiliated militants in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to security sources. Several hideouts were destroyed and weapons and ammunition were recovered.
Pakistan’s security forces claim to have killed five militants in an intelligence-based operation in Panjgur, Balochistan. According to ISPR, the militants were affiliated with the banned Baloch Liberation Army and were referred to as Fitna al-Hindustan terrorists. Weapons, ammunition and explosives, including IEDs, were also recovered.
Pakistan’s security forces killed 15 militants in intelligence-based operations across eight districts of Balochistan, recovering a large quantity of weapons and ammunition, according to security sources.
Seven terrorists were killed in a Pakistan Army operation in Hangu, while 27-year-old Captain Hamza Akram was also killed during the clash.
