Two militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, a senior police officer said.
LeT commander Umar Mustaq Khandey, one of the top 10 targets of Jammu and Kashmir police, was gunned down by security forces.
Encounter has started at Wahibug area of Pulwama. Police & Security Forces are on the job.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Rakhama village in the district following information about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesman said.
There has been a spurt in grenade attacks by militants in Kashmir in recent times.
J&K's Awantipora witnessed an encounter between security officials and militants in the wee hours of Friday.
Slain Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's father Muzaffar Wani hoisted the national flag at a school in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday as part of the Independence Day celebrations.
On Thursday, two security personnel and two civilians were injured in firing by LeT terrorists during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam.
A police official said that an IED was detected by a joint team of forces at Dadasara area of Tral on late Thursday night which was later destroyed by the bomb disposal squad.
According to the details, the gunfight between the terrorists and security forces had begun at Nagberan-Tarsar forest area of Pulwama.
Two terrorists were killed after an encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nagberan-Tarsar forest area in south Kashmir this morning, following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
Jammu & Kashmir: Security personnel deployed in Pulwama town where an encounter broke out earlier today. Operation underway.
Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Pulwama town following information about the presence of militants there.
Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Aijaz (alias Abu Huraira) was killed on Wednesday in an encounter that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, along with two other local terrorists. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Pulwama town following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire on the security forces, who retaliated.
Jammu & Kashmir: Security personnel deployed in Pulwama town where an encounter broke out earlier today
Two unidentified terrorists were neutralised by security forces in the encounter that broke out on the intervening night of July 7 and July 8 in the Puchal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
Jammu and Kashmir police earlier informed that an encounter has broken out in the Puchal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
A jawan was martyred and four terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
Three militants were gunned down and an Army jawan lost his life in an encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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