KARACHI: Another soldier involved in the CTD Complex Bannu operation embraced martyrdom Thursday at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi, said a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Sepoy Haleem Khan who was injured during a clearance operation at CTD complex Bannu embraced shahadat due to severe injuries he received from terrorists fire during the clearance operation. Sepoy Haleem was 29 years old and a resident of Hijira, Distt Ponch. He was survived by three children.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif last Tuesday confirmed that “all the terrorists” of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who had taken hostages at a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) centre in Bannu were killed in an operation conducted by the Pakistan Army. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Asif said that 33 terrorists were under arrest at the CTD compound and one of them had managed to snatch a gun from an employee after hitting him in the head with a brick.
The defence minister said that a unit of the army’s Special Service Group (SSG) carried out the operation, in which 10-15 of its commandos were injured while two were martyred. “This operation was initiated on December 20 at 12:30pm by the Special Service Group and all terrorists were killed,” Asif said, adding that the entire CTD compound was cleared by 2:30pm.