Srinagar, Sept 27: Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a foreign mercenary, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir where another gunfight was on since yesterday, official sources said today. The militants, hiding in Watlipora-Tangmarg area, exchanged fire for sometime with security personnel who raided the area on a tip off, before being shot dead last night, they said.
Another gunfight broke out between militants and security forces in forest area of Gurez sector of the district which was still continuing, the sources said. The encounter began when security forces, on a tip off, raided the area.
Elsewhere in the district, militants attacked a security patrol in Wagoora injuring a personnel and a civilian. Militants shot dead one Manzoor Ahmad Ganai suspecting him to be an informer at Tanchan-Beerwah in Budgam district last night. Bureau Report