New Delhi, Jun 1: Two terrorists were killed in a brief encounter with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday, police said. The gunfight took place around 3: 30 am.
Officials said that a joint party of police and Army's 21 Rashtriya Rifles launched a search operation after inputs about presence of terrorists in Natipora village of Sopore, some 70 km from Srinagar.
"The terrorists who were holed up in a house, opened fire on the security forces who then retaliated,"officials said.
"Two terrorists were killed in the operation," a senior police official said, adding, "identity of the terrorists is yet to be acertained."
Meanwhile, Army has cordoned the area and combing operations are underway.
Terrorists yesterday hurled grenade at a Police party near Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Sopore.
As many as four police personnel were injured in the incident.
Since the end of October 2016, armed robbers have struck at various branches of banks in Jammu and Kashmir, looting nearly Rs. 92 lakh in 13 separate attacks.
There have been four incidents in four days this month, beginning with the bloody attack on a cash van on May 1 during which militants shot dead five policemen and two bank security guards, and including two attacks in two hours in adjacent villages in Pulwama.
The incidents coincide with the spike in militancy and mass protests that followed the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani last July.
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