PESHAWAR: Five terrorists were shot dead while a policeman embraced martyrdom in an intelligence-based operation carried out by the Pakistan Army and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel in Peshawar’s Hayatabad locality, ARY News reported.

“Army and KP police conducted a joint Intelligence Based Operation in Hayatabad Phase VII, Peshawar against a terrorist hideout,” Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

The operation that started on Monday night continued for more than 17 hours before concluding Tuesday afternoon.

“During exchange of fire, five terrorists have been killed while ASI Qamar Alam embraced Shahadat, an officer and a soldier got injured,” the military’s media wing said.