Tag: Kashmiri encounter

SRINAGAR — Five militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said on Friday. The gunfight started on Thursday after a joint team of the police and the Army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of a specific information about the presence of militants. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the militants were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter. Three militants were killed...