A Pakistan Army officer was martyred on Monday as security forces foiled a terrorist attack in Dera Ismail Khan.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said that on confirmed intelligence about planning of a terrorist activity, the security forces conducted an IBO on terrorist hideout near Tank, DI Khan. "As soon as troops cordoned the area, terrorists opened fire. During operation two terrorists (high value targets) killed," the ISPR said.
During the exchange of fire, Colonel Mujeebur Rehman embraced martyrdom. He was a resident of Bunji in District Astore of Gilgit Baltistan. The colonel is survived by a widow, three sons and a daughter.
The army also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from terrorist hideout during the sanitization operation.