Overview
- Police and the Counter-Terrorism Department launched an intelligence-led operation in Bannu’s Mamandkhel area under the Cantonment Police Station.
- The District Police Officer said seven militants were killed, though an earlier official account put the toll at four.
- Constable Abid Khan was killed in the firefight, and latest reports list ten injured policemen and four wounded civilians.
- The wounded, including DSP Malik Ihsan, were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment.
- Security has been tightened across the area as follow-up searches target potential facilitators after the encounter.