Security forces on Thursday shot dead a militant named by officials as an al Qaeda member believed to have escaped a US air strike in January. Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the dead man was Abu Marwan, a Saudi Arabian.
Inter Services Public Relation Director General Major General Shaukat Sultan confirmed the shooting in the town of Khar but said he had no details of the man's identity other than that he appeared to be a foreigner.
The militant tried to escape when security forces stopped a minibus to check passengers. "He opened fire and killed one security man and wounded another," Sultan added.
Residents in Khar said the body was taken to the main north-western city of Peshawar for identification. "He was an explosives expert," a senior intelligence official in the North West Frontier Province told Reuters.
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