5 Terrorists Gunned Down In Separate J&K Encounters, 2 Armymen Killed In Action

A terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir.

Three terrorist was killed on Saturday in an active encounter with security officials in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla. Security forces and terrorists engaged in an encounter in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday night, officials reported. 

In a separate operation on Friday, troops from the Army's Rising Star Corps neutralized two terrorists in Kathua. Earlier the same day, two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed and two others injured during an encounter with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district.

"Encounter has started at Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow," the Kashmir Zone Police wrote in a post on X. 

A joint team of police and army conducted a cordon and search operation in the area yesterday. When the forces approached the suspected location, the militants hiding there opened fire, prompting a retaliatory exchange of gunfire.