Two Militants Killed in Baramulla, Three Killed in Handwara
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday night.
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday night.
One militant was captured in an injured state.
In a separate incident in Unisoo, in Kashmir’s Handwara district, three militants, who were “apparently Pakistanis”, were killed by a joint team of J&K Police, RR and CRPF, J&K DGP SP Vaid said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the early hours in Unisoo village of Handwara following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter as the hiding militants fired upon the forces conducting the searches.
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