Pakistan ultra killed in Srinagar, 3rd in 33 days

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 19

The security forces today killed a Pakistani militant belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in a brief encounter in Srinagar, as Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Police said in the past 33 days they have neutralised three terrorists, who were nationals of the neighbouring country.

Commenting on the number of Pakstani terrorists killed in encounters in recent times, Kashmir Division IGP Vijay Kumar said this showed Pakistan is hell-bent to disturb peace in the Valley, especially in Srinagar.

Cop injured as ultras open fire

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• Srinagar: Terrorists shot at a policeman in Pulwama district on Sunday, leaving him injured, officials said.
• “Around 7:10 pm, terrorists fired at and injured a JKP Follower (a police designation) namely Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay, near his residence at Bundzoo,” a police official said.
• The injured is admitted to a hospital in Srinagar for treatment, he said. PTI

Officials in the J&K Police said the gunfight broke out at Darbagh Dhara area of Harwan in Seinagar during the wee hours.

The police identified the slain militant as Saifulla alias Abu Khalid alias Shawaz, a resident of Karachi, Pakistan, who was affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT.

“The terrorist Saifulla infiltrated into the Kashmir Valley in 2016 and was active in general area of Harwan and involved in several terror crimes,” the Kashmir Zone police said in a tweet, quoting IGP Vijay Kumar as saying.

Saifullah is the third Pakistani militant killed in Srinagar in over a month, it said. “Three Pakistani terrorists killed in Srinagar city within 33 days. They were involved in several terror crimes, including attacks on police/SFs and civilian killings. It shows that Pakistan is hell-bent to disturb peace in the Valley, especially in Srinagar city,” another tweet read.