Four lashker militants killed in north Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 7 (UNI) Army killed four militants of Pakistan based Lashker-e- Toiba (LeT) in a three-hour-long encounter in north Kashmir today.

A defence ministry spokesman said this evening that troops of 21 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) received an information that some militants were hiding in Rajwar forest in the frontier district of Kupwara this afternoon.

When the area was being searched militants opened fire at 1630 hours. The fire was returned and in the three-hour-long clash four LeT militants were killed.

Four AK rifles and other arms and ammunition were recovered.

A massive search has been launched in the woods.

UNI