SRINAGAR : A jawan was today killed as an encounter between militants and security forces in a village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir continued for the second day.
Two security personnel, including an officer, were injured yesterday in the gunbattle which broke out after police assisted by army launched a cordon and search operation at Marseri village in Chowkibal area following specific information about a group of militants hiding in a house, officials said.
Soon after the cordon was established, the search party were attacked by the hiding ultras. The security forces then returned fire, they said.
The gunbattle resumed this morning in which one soldier was killed, they said. (AGENCIES)
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