J&K: 5 terrorists shot dead in Shopian encounter that began Friday night
The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon the security forces, an official had said.
Srinagar: Four militants were killed in a fresh exchange of fire with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said today.
With these deaths, the number of militants killed in the overnight operation reached five.
Four terrorists were killed today morning; the body of another terrorist shot dead last night at Shopian's Kiloora village has been recovered. He has been identified as Umar Malik, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, news agency ANI reported. An AK-47 assault rifle was found with him.
The operation was concluded on Saturday morning. All bodies have been recovered, ANI reported.
4 more bodies of terrorists visible at encounter site kiloora Shopian taking the total to 5 terrorists killed. Good Job boys , good for peace.
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) August 4, 2018
The security forces had cordoned off the area on Friday night following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there and had started a search operation there. The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon the security forces, an official had said.