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Two gunfights in Valley, 3 militants killed

ANANTNAG/SRINAGAR: Three militants were killed by security forces in two separate encounters in the Kashmir valley on Sunday.

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Anantnag/Srinagar, Sept 23

Three militants were killed by security forces in two separate encounters in the Kashmir valley on Sunday.

In the first encounter, a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant was gunned down by security forces on Sunday during a gunfight that lasted several hours in the Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

The slain militant has been identified as Adnan Bhai of Pakistani origin.

The gunfight erupted in the Aripal area of Tral at 8 am on Sunday, the police said. “The area was cordoned off early Sunday morning following inputs regarding the presence of militants in the area,” a senior police official said.

He said the militant, who was hiding in a house, opened fire at the security forces while they were conducting a search operation in the area.

“The fire was retaliated, triggering an encounter. The exchange of fire continued for several hours before the militant was neutralised,” the official said, adding that arms and ammunition were also retrieved from the encounter site.

Sources said the house where the militant was hiding had been reduced to rubble as heavy explosives were used during the encounter.

Meanwhile, a civilian was critically injured during clashes between security forces and protesters that erupted in Wagad village and nearby areas soon after the encounter ended. The injured identified as Manzoor Ahmad Dar was shifted to Srinagar with a bullet injury in his mouth.

“The forces fired at stone throwers. One of the youths was hit by a bullet in his mouth,” a source said. A health official said: “He has been shot in the mouth and is critical. We have shifted him to the SMHS Hospital in Srinagar.”

In another encounter, the Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid by killing two militants in north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district.

“Two terrorists have been killed as the Army foiled an infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector. The operation is in progress,” it said.

The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants could not be established immediately. The operation was launched by the Army on Saturday afternoon when they noticed suspected movement close to the Line of Control near Pathri Behak in Tangdhar sector, over 180 km from Srinagar. There was a brief exchange of fire between militants and the Army on Saturday.

A massive combing operation was undertaken in the sector after the brief gunfight and on Sunday, a fresh contact with militants was established that led to their killing, defence sources said.

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