ISLAMABAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Four terrorists were killed after police foiled an attack on a police checkpost in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday night, police said on Saturday.
Armed terrorists launched an attack on the Kanger Pul police post in Bannu district around midnight, but police personnel repulsed the assault, according to a statement issued by the provincial police department.
Following the attack, reinforcements rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. A clearance and search operation led to the recovery of four terrorists' bodies, along with four Kalashnikov rifles, several magazines, a large quantity of ammunition, hand grenades and bandoliers.
The identification of the killed terrorists is underway, the statement said. ■
