SHOPIAN: An encounter broke out between a joint team of the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.
According to our sources, three terrorists have been trapped by the security forces in the Check Sidiq area of the Shopian district. The encounter is underway.
The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Check Sadiq Khan area of the south Kashmir district, following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire towards the security forces’ positions.
The security forces retaliated, triggering a gunbattle that was going on when the last reports came in, the official said.
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