QUETTA: Police claimed to have killed three suspected terrorists during an overnight encounter on Thursday near Essa Nagri area of Quetta.

According to police, they carried out a targeted raid in a house at Eisa Nagri in Quetta on a tip-off.

As police entered the house to approach the alleged terrorists, they opened fire, while police effectively responded and in retaliation, three terrorists were killed.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including five-kilogram of explosive content, was recovered from the custody of the alleged terrorists who were killed in the shootout, said police.

A heavy contingent of police was been called to cordon off the area.

The operation was carried out hours later, after the Superintendent Police (SP) Quaidabad Mubarak Shah and his three security guards were ambushed by unidentified armed men and martyred in Quetta.

Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri lauded the police action and vowed to continue counter-terrorism efforts to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the province.

Whereas, in another alleged encounter in Lahore, police killed two bandits after receiving a call on Thursday night, deceased were identified as Nasir and Ateeq, said police.