Peshawar police kill five hired assassins in armed encounter
Police intensify crackdown on notorious Lal Sher gang as multiple suspects are killed in coordinated encounters across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Peshawar – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – Five suspected contract killers were killed during a police encounter in Peshawar on Monday morning, according to an official statement. Police said a special unit raided a house in the city, leading to a gunfight with the suspects.
After a heavy exchange of fire, five alleged hired assassins were killed, while others managed to flee.
The deceased were identified as Hamid, Bilal, Haji Malang, Najmul Hassan, also known as Pheeny, and Kamranullah.
The gang had been operating under Lal Sher and Jan Sher group, a notorious Peshawar-based gang and was responsible for 31 targeted killings across districts, including 12 murders in Peshawar, 17 in Nowshera and one each in Charsadda and Darra Adamkhel, the statement said, adding that the victims of the targeted killings also included two police constables, a leader of ANP and his brother.
On December 4, three members of the Lal Sher alias Lalay group, wanted by police in 34 cases, including deadly attacks on police, murders and land grabbing, were traced and killed.
They were killed in two raids one being conducted in Puran area of Shangla district and the other in Shahpur area of the provincial capital.
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“Both the pre-dawn raids were conducted at the same time,” a senior police official said, adding that during the raid in Puran, which lasted for almost seven hours, police killed Lal Sher and his brother Jan Sher. Third member of the gang, Ramazan Sher, was killed in Shahpur raid.
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