Shopian: Security forces on Saturday neutralised five terrorists in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian, 55 kilometres from Srinagar. The encounter started on Friday night.
4 more bodies of terrorists visible at encounter site kiloora Shopian taking the total to 5 terrorists killed. Good Job boys , good for peace.
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) August 4, 2018
Four terrorists were killed on Saturday morning; the body of another terrorist shot dead last night at Shopian’s Kiloora village has been recovered. Reportedly, he has been identified as Umar Malik, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative. An AK-47 assault rifle was found with him.
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The security forces had cordoned off the village on Friday night following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there. As they started a combing operation, the terrorists fired at them, leading to the encounter, the police said.