Tag: Encounter

The encounter that started on Monday based on an intelligence input ended with the killing of two terrorists on Tuesday.

Two militant was shot dead on Monday morning, police said.

TV artist Amreen Bhat was killed by terrorists on Wednesday.

It said the search of the area yielded dead bodies of three terrorists, three AK rifles, one pistol, six grenades and large quantity of ammunition and stores related to (IEDs) Improvised Explosive Devices.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

All the three terrorists were Pakistani nationals, said the police.

Both the terrorists, equipped with suicide vests and sophisticated weapons, were killed in the encounter on Friday, averting a major suicide attack in the city.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

In another gunfight between the forces and terrorists in the Serch area of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir in the early hours of Saturday, a member of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed, the official said

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

The exchange of fire is going on and further details are awaited, he added.

"He was shifted to the government medical college hospital in Anantnag were doctors declared him dead on arrival," a source said, adding: "The area has been cordoned off."

Upon receiving information about the presence of militants at Nowgam Shahabad in Anantnag district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation on Wednesday night

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

An ultra has been killed, and as per last reports, the operation is going on, the official said, adding that the identity and the group affiliation of the slain militant are not yet known.