Three people were killed in a “gunfight” with an army patrol team in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari this noon.

While talking to The Daily Star, Lt Col Abdullah Ibn Zaid, director of Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), termed the deceased as “terrorists”, who belong to United People's Democratic Front (UPDF).

The law enforcers recovered three firearms from the spot after the “gun battle”, the ISPR director said.