KARACHI: A terrorist of a banned outfit was killed in an exchange of fire with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi on Wednesday.

According to details, the CTD met an encounter with a terrorist at the Hawks Bay road and managed to arrest him in injured condition.

The injured terrorist was shifted to the hospital where he succumbed to his bullet wounds during treatment. According to in-charge CTD Mazhar Mashwani, the dead terrorist was identified as Saeed Loha and belonged to a banned outfit.

The accused fled Afghanistan after killing of his accomplice in 2016, Mashwani added.