Two more Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed in the overnight gunfight in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, officials said.
They report six Jaish-e-Mohammad militants have been killed in two separate gunfights in south Kashmir since Wednesday evening. The gunbattle in Anantnag broke out last evening at Nowgam Village in Shahabad, Dooru when a joint team of police, Army, and CRPF undertook a search operation after getting news about the presence of militants there.
“In the initial gunfight, a policeman and two soldiers were wounded. However, in the overnight gunfight, three terrorists were killed,” a police officer said Police said the slain terrorists were associated with Jaish and one among them was a Pakistani.
Three JeM militants including a Pakistani militant were killed in a brief gunfight in Kulgam district last evening. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar termed the killing of the six Jaish militants in two gunfights as a big success. “6 #terrorists of proscribed #terror outfit JeM killed in two separate #encounters. 4 among the killed terrorists have been identified so far as (2) #Pakistani & (2) local terrorists. Identification of other 02 terrorists is being ascertained. A big #success for us,” a police tweet quoting the IGP Kashmir said.
