- Saturday, November 02, 2024
Of the two militants killed, one was a foreigner and the other a local. Their group affiliation was yet to be ascertained
By: Shajil Kumar
TWO terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.
The encounter broke out near Halkan Gali in the Shangus-Larnoo area of the south Kashmir district.
Of the two terrorists killed, one was a foreigner and the other a local. Their group affiliation was yet to be ascertained, the officials said.
The operation is underway and further details were awaited, they said.
Another encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Khanyar locality of Srinagar on Saturday, officials said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city on Saturday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, the officials added.
They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated.
The exchange of firing is going on, but so far there are no reports of any casualty on either side, they further added.
Two workers from UP injured
Two workers from Uttar Pradesh were shot at by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening, officials said.
Sufiyan and Usman were injured after they came under attack in the Mazhama area of Magam in the central Kashmir district, they said, adding that the duo were taken to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah were among the leaders who condemned the attack.
Fifth attack
This was the fifth terror attack in the Kashmir valley since a new government was formed in the Union Territory last month.
On October 24, two soldiers and two Army porters were killed while another porter and a soldier were injured in a terrorist attack on an army vehicle six kilometres from the popular tourist destination of Gulmarg.
Earlier that day, terrorists shot at and injured Shubam Kumar, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh, in the Tral area of Pulwama district.
On October 20, a local doctor and six non-local labourers were gunned down by terrorists at a tunnel construction site in the Gagangir area of Ganderbal. A labourer from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian district on October 18. (PTI)
