SOPORE: Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter with joint team of police and army at Nathipora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore on Tuesday, officials said.
The encounter had ensued after a team of police and army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles was fired upon during a cordon-and-search operation launched in the area amid specific information about the presence of the terrorists, they said.
“Two terrorists have been killed,” Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar said.
Earlier, the top police officer of Kashmir Valley said that a foreign terrorist, Hamas alias Asrar alias Saria was trapped at the site. He said the terrorist was “involved in killing of two councilors and a policeman.”
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