NAVEED AKHTAR SATTI - SHAHEED

Two security forces personnel identified as Captain Muhammad Sabih Abrar and Sepoy Naveed Akhtar Satti, embraced martyrdom as terrorists attacked a patrolling team near the South and North Waziristan boundary on Sunday (21 June 2020). Both soldiers hailed from Kahuta Tehsil of Rawalpindi district.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), terrorists fired at the security forces’s patrolling party five kilometres south east of Ghariom, near the North Waziristan district and South Waziristan district boundary.

The two soldiers were martyred in exchange of fire, whereas two other soldiers sustained injuries. A terrorist was also killed in the encounter, the ISPR stated.

The security forces later conducted an operation and cleared a terrorist compound.