Pakistani police raid militant hideout; four people killed

PESHAWAR: Pakistani police say security forces raided a militant hideout, killing three suspects, including the mastermind of last year’s bombing that killed 35 Shiites at a food market. A civilian was also accidentally killed in the shootout.
Police officer Mohammad Khalid says the raid took place in the northwestern town of Hangu on Tuesday.
He says a militant commander, Mohammad Islam, was among the militants killed. Khalid says Islam had orchestrated the Nov. 23 bombing at the market in the town of Kalaya in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province.
The Daesh group at the time claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted “Shiite apostates.”