3 Lashkar terrorists killed in Kashmir

Three terrorists have been killed in an encounter at Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter took place at Amargarh in Sopore.

The terrorists are said to be part of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. A police personnelwas injured in the encounter that broke out between the security forces and terrorists early Saturday morning.

Security officials said that arms and ammunition have been recovered from the site. The incident occurred when the security forces were carrying out a search operations. During the operation, terrorists fired at the forces following which the encounter broke out.

Police said that after receiving specific inputs, the Amargarh area was cordoned around midnight. The militants were hiding inside a house, and the gun battle began around 2am and ended at 5.55am, police said. Though the fire fight ended, security forces launched a search operation, police said.

The bodies of all the three militants were recovered and they have been identified. Three AK-47 rifles were recovered from the slain militants.

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