Army jawan, 7 terrorists killed in 2 separate J&K encounters

SRINAGAR: At least seven terrorists, together with two Pakistani nationals, and an Army jawan were killed in two gunfights in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts on Sunday. In next clashes between civilians and army in Shopian, a early life was killed and a number of other others injured.


In Shopian, the terrorists, affiliated to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, were hiding at a house in Batagund village when a joint crew of the Army’s 34-Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of J&Okay Police launched a cordon-and-search-operation.

“As the cordon was tightened, the terrorists fired at the forces, triggering a gunfight. In the initial firing four terrorists were killed,” a police officer said, adding that two more terrorists who escaped from the house were killed later.

An reliable spokesperson said that an Armyman, recognized as Nazir Ahmad, was additionally killed all the way through the gunfight. Ahmad, a resident of Kulgam district, was hooked up with the 162 Battalion Territorial Army.

Police recognized the slain terrorists as Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Mohammad Abbas Sheikh, Umar Majeed Ganaie, Mohammad Waseem Wagay, Khalid Farooq Malik. The sixth guy appears to be from Pakistan and his id is yet to be ascertained.

Umer Ganaie, whose photograph at Lal Chowk went viral lately, was amongst those killed within the come upon. Ganaie was Hizbul district commander in Kulgam and was eager about several killings of policemen and civilians. “He was additionally eager about Mumbai bank attack wherein four policemen and two bank guards were killed,” an reliable spokesman said.


Abbas, too, was eager about several high-profile circumstances, together with the killing of young Kashmiri army officer, Lt. Omar Fayaz, who was completed after being kidnapped from a marriage function in Shopian ultimate yr; advocate Imtiaz Ahmad Khan and four non-public security officers of Shopian deputy superintendent police.


Reports said once the news of gunfight unfold within the space, the early life took to streets in Batagund and pelted stones at the security forces, who retaliated. A early life, recognized as Noman Ashraf Bhat, was killed after a bullet hit him.


In Pulwama, one JeM terrorist was killed in a short lived come upon at Handwara. The police spokesman said incriminating material, together with hands and ammunition, were recovered from the slain terrorist. “It is learnt that the killed terrorist is a Pakistani code-name as Waseem,” he said.


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