Jammu: Two militants were killed in an encounter in Bandipora area of north Kashmir on Tuesday morning.
The terrorists were killed after a fierce gun battle with security forces and combing operations were on.
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Following specific information about militant presence in Bonikhan village, troops of the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group (SOG) of the state police launched the operation, the police said.
As the surrounding troops closed in on the hiding militants, they opened fire triggering the encounter.
"The militants were engaged in a sustained gunfight till two of them were killed," said a senior police officer.
"Both the slain militants were believed to be of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. However, their exact identities were being established," he said.
The encounter comes three days after a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.
(With IANS inputs)
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