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Militant killed in encounter in Kupwara district of J&K

SRINAGAR: A militant was killed in an early morning gunfight in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Sunday, Army said. The militant was killed in a gunfight at Langate Handwara, some 70 km from here, during an anti-militancy operation.

Militant killed in encounter in Kupwara district of J&K

The encounter is still on. File photo



Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, October 22

A militant was killed in an early morning gunfight in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Sunday, Army said.

The militant was killed in a gunfight at Langate Handwara, some 70 km from here, during an anti-militancy operation.

“A contact was established at five this morning. A terrorist was killed and a weapon was recovered,” Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said. He said the operation was still in progress.

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The identity of the slain militant was not established immediately.

Sources said joint teams of the Army, police and CRPF had laid an ambush in the area as they had input about militant movement.

“As the militants were challenged they opened fire triggering a brief gunfight that left a militant dead,” sources said.

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