Police did not immediately identify which militant group was involved in the firefight that ensued after a raid on a suspected militant hideout near Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Two militants were also killed in the fight.
A dissident organisation known as the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) says, it orchestrated the raid, by sharing "information of enormous potential value" with the FBI, to end illicit activities rampant in North Korea's foreign missions.