3 Terrorist killed in encounter in Jammu &Kashmir's Shopian district
3 Terrorist killed in encounter in Jammu &Kashmir's Shopian district
Three militants were killed in separate encounters with security forces on Friday in Shopian and Bandipora districts of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the death toll of ultras killed over the past 24 hours to five, officials said.
Two militants were killed in an overnight gunbattle in Hajin area of Bandipora district, an army official said.
A police spokesman said a detailed statement on the operation will be issued very soon but did not elaborate about the fate of the civilian hostage. A militant was killed on Friday in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district.
The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Imamsahib area of Shopian in south Kashmir following information about presence of militants there, the army official said. He said the militants opened fired on the security forces, who retaliated, triggering a gun battle.
One militant has been killed so far in the ongoing operation, the official said, adding that the identity and group affiliation of the slain ultra was being ascertained. Another gun battle broke out between militants and security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, a police official said.
He said no casualties have been reported so far in the operation that is going on in Warpora area of Sopore. Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed in an encounter with security forces at Kalantara in Baramulla district on Thursday while three security force personnel, including an officer, suffered injuries during the operation.
A police spokesman said one of the slain militants was Amir Rasool, a local from Sopore, while the other was a Pakistani national.
-PTI
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