Pulwama gunfight: 2nd unidentified militant killed, search on

Pulwama: One more militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter that broke out between militants and government forces in Hakripora village of Kakapora belt in South kashmir’s Pulwama district taking toll of killed militants to two.

Quoting an official, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that two unidentified militants have been killed in the exchange of fire so far while as the search operation is still on.

Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

He said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter.

Earlier, two militants were killed in another encounter in Melhoora Shopian. KNO