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Seven killed in Kashmir violence
Srinagar, Nov 15: Seven people, including two top Lashker-e-Toiba militants, two securitymen and a father-daughter duo, were killed and two ultras laid down their arms in Jammu and Kashmir where police recovered three IEDs averting a major tragedy since last night, official sources said today.
Srinagar, Nov 15: Seven people, including two top Lashker-e-Toiba militants, two securitymen and a father-daughter duo, were killed and two ultras laid down their arms in Jammu and Kashmir where police recovered three IEDs averting a major tragedy since last night, official sources said today.
A self-styled battalion commander of LeT Abu Aksar and his deputy were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in Mendhar area of Poonch district this morning, the
sources said.
The gunbattle started when the security forces launched a special operation in Mendhar tehsil at around 9:30 am ahead of the onset of winter, the sources said adding the encounter continued for two hours resulting in the killing of the two top LeT militants.
Troops recovered 2 ak-56 rifles, 5 magazines, 7 grenades, a wireless set and some explosives from the slain ultras.
An army jawan was killed in an encounter with militants in Hachinar area of Kupwara district, they said.
Militants opened fire on an army search party in Rajdhani area of Rajouri district killing a soldier, they said.
A group of heavily-armed militants barged into the house of one Abdul Rehman Dar in Singhpora village of Baramulla last night and killed him alongwith his daughter ruby suspecting them to be informers of security forces.
Bureau Report
The gunbattle started when the security forces launched a special operation in Mendhar tehsil at around 9:30 am ahead of the onset of winter, the sources said adding the encounter continued for two hours resulting in the killing of the two top LeT militants.
Troops recovered 2 ak-56 rifles, 5 magazines, 7 grenades, a wireless set and some explosives from the slain ultras.
An army jawan was killed in an encounter with militants in Hachinar area of Kupwara district, they said.
Militants opened fire on an army search party in Rajdhani area of Rajouri district killing a soldier, they said.
A group of heavily-armed militants barged into the house of one Abdul Rehman Dar in Singhpora village of Baramulla last night and killed him alongwith his daughter ruby suspecting them to be informers of security forces.
Bureau Report