In a terrorist attack on a police party in Kulgam district on Friday, two policemen were killed and another was injured.
Earlier in the day, two militants and a soldier were killed in a gunfight in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said.
Police said troops of the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group surrounded Manzpora village in Bandipora district, after receiving information about the militants’ presence.
“With the break of dawn, the flushing out operation was started when the hiding militants opened fire indiscriminately, causing critical injuries to a soldier, who later succumbed to them,” a senior police officer said. The encounter ended, but a combing operation was on, during which arms and ammunition were seized. Read the full story here.
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