Pakistani terrorist killed in encounter in J&K's Sopore

A Pakistani terrorist was killed in an encounter in Jammu & Kashmir's Sopore early on Tuesday. The development came hours after two terrorists were killed in a separate encounter in Kupwara.

One Pakistani terrorist affiliated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed on Tuesday, June 7, in an encounter with the police and Indian Army in Sopore, western Jammu & Kashmir. The encounter took place barely 40 km away from Kupwara where two terrorists were killed the same day in a joint operation by the J&K Police and the Indian Army.

The J&K police said that incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the slain terrorist in Sopore. The encounter took place in the Panipora forest of the Zaloora area. Three others, including one from the Union territory, managed to flee the area and a search had been launched to find them.

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The Kashmir Police said the documents recovered from the killed Pakistani terrorist identified him as Hanzalla of Lahore, Pakistan. One Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK) rifle, five magazines along with ammunition has been recovered.

One of the terrorists killed in the Kupwara encounter was identified as Tufail.

Earlier on Monday, another terrorist from the terror group was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.

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