Srinagar
Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday night said that two militants and there associate was killed by the counter insurgent forces in an encounter in Goripora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“#AwantiporaEncounterUpdate:2 unidentified #terrorists and 1 hardcore #associate of #terrorists killed. Search is still going on. Details shall follow,” Kashmir zone police tweeted.
The gunfight, the second in south Kashmir since Friday evening , began when joint forces were carrying a cordon a search operation in Goripora area of Awantipora after an input about presence of militants.
” As forces intensified searches in area, hiding militants fired upon forces which was retaliated, triggering an encounter,” a police official said.
On Friday evening two unidentified militants were killed while they were trying to flee along with a police man-they had abducted, minutes earlier from his home in Kulgam district, an official said.
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