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Five militants killed in Kashmir
Srinagar, July 15: Five militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces, while three persons including a counter-insurgent associated with Ikhwan were injured in shooting incidents in Kashmir Valley today official sources said.
Srinagar, July 15: Five militants were killed in two
separate encounters with security forces, while three persons
including a counter-insurgent associated with Ikhwan were
injured in shooting incidents in Kashmir Valley today official
sources said.
Four unidentified militants were killed in a fierce
gunbattle with a joint search party of 41 Rashtriya Rifles and
police at village Gurdali in Kalaroos area of Kupwara district
in north Kashmir this morning, the sources said.
They said the encounter took place when security forces
raided the village to flush out hiding militants. A huge
cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain
Militaounter, the sources said security forces
killed a Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sartaj Ahmad Lone during
search operations at village Zainapora in Shopian area of
Pulwama district in south Kashmir.
The search operation was launched in the village last night and was continuing when last reports were received today the sources said.
The sources said militants shot at and critically wounded an Ikhwan activist Ghulam Hassan Itoo, a resident of Dooru, near the Deputy Police Commissioner's office in Anantnag this afternoon.
A shopkeeper Mohammad Subhan was also injured when his colleagues fired in retaliation. However, militants managed to escape after the shooting.
Bureau Report
The search operation was launched in the village last night and was continuing when last reports were received today the sources said.
The sources said militants shot at and critically wounded an Ikhwan activist Ghulam Hassan Itoo, a resident of Dooru, near the Deputy Police Commissioner's office in Anantnag this afternoon.
A shopkeeper Mohammad Subhan was also injured when his colleagues fired in retaliation. However, militants managed to escape after the shooting.
Bureau Report