PESHAWAR, Oct 14: A suspected militant was killed in an encounter with police near Manzoor Shaheed police post in Sarband area here on Friday, police said.

Cantonment Circle SP Mian Saeed Ahmed told Dawn that four to five militants armed with automatic weapons attacked a patrolling party of the Sarband police at around 3:30pm, but the police escaped.

However, he said that one militant was killed in the ensuing encounter with police and his other accomplices escaped.

“We have started search for the armed men in the surrounding areas and we are hopeful to arrest them soon,” Mr Ahmed said and added that the site of the encounter was close to the tribal region from where militants had been entering the settled area.

The SP said that the situation was under control and the police had been patrolling in the area to check suspected people and vehicles plying on the roads linking the tribal region with Peshawar.