Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit terrorists were gunned down during an encounter that broke out between the security forces and terrorists at the Kabil area of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
The identification of the terrorists is yet to be known. However, the police say that they belonged to the Lashkar-e-Taiba/The Resistance Front.
''One more terrorist has been killed. In total, two terrorists have been killed, both from terror outfit LeT/TRF. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition have been recovered. Search is going on. Further details shall follow,'' said Jammu and Kashmir Police.
The firefight started after a joint team of J&K Police, 34 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the area.
Earlier this month, two militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) top commander Salim Parray, were killed in two encounters with security forces in the Harwan area on the outskirts of Srinagar.
On December 31, three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were killed by security forces in Srinagar. On December 30, six militants, including two Pakistani nationals, were killed in two encounters in south Kashmir.
(with agency inputs)
