12 militants, Territorial Army man and a former policeman killed in Kashmir in last 72 hours
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On Sunday five militants, including a 14-year-old boy, Faisal Gulzar, who went missing on April 6, were killed in two overnight encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts of southern Kashmir.
On Sunday five militants, including a 14-year-old boy, Faisal Gulzar, who went missing on April 6, were killed in two overnight encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts of southern Kashmir.
In the last 72 hours, 14 persons including 12 militants, a former special police officer and a Territorial Army man were killed in separate operations across Kashmir.
On Sunday five militants, including a 14-year-old boy, Faisal Gulzar, who went missing on April 6, were killed in two overnight encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts of southern Kashmir.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday issued following statement regarding Shopian gunfight saying that on Saturday at about 1700hrs, on a specific input generated by Shopian Police regarding presence of militants in orchards of Reban Bandpawa area of Shopian, a joint cordon and search operat.
Four militants from Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and al-Badr outfits, including those involved in the killing of an off-duty Territorial Army soldier in Anantnag on Friday, were gunned down on Sunday in two encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. With this, the death toll in the encounters that began on Saturday in Anantnag and Shopian has climbed to five as one militant was killed in the initial exchange of fire. Towseef Ahmad Bhat and Aamir Hussain Ganie, both from Bijbehara and linked to the LeT, were killed at village Semthan in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir s Anantnag district after they refused to surrender and fired indiscriminately on a search party, the police said.
3 terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter (Ld)
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Srinagar, April 11 : Three terrorists were gunned down on Sunday during an encounter between the terrorists and the security forces in South Kashmir s Shopian district.
While congratulating the police and other security forces for showing patience during the operation, the Kashmir range Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar appealed to all the misguided youths, who have joined the terror ranks, to shun the path of violence and return to mainstream.
He said the society needed them and most importantly their parents wanted them by their side.
Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Apr 11: Five militants including a minor were killed in two separate gun battles in Southern Kashmir today while a 35-year old former SPO was shot dead in Budgam.
Among five, three were killed in Chitragam area of Shopian and two in Semthan, Bijbehara area of Anantnag district. One of the slain militants was identified as 16-year-old who had recently joined militancy.
Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, told Excelsior that three militants were killed in orchards in between Reban, Bandpawa and Chitragam villages of Shopian district today.
He said that a joint operation was launched by Police, Army’s 34 RR and CRPF on specific information about the presence of militants in Shopian area.