Two LeT militants shot dead in encounter in Sopore
The Hindu
Police said the encounter started when the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a joint search party in Nathipora area.
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including a non-local militant who was behind the killing of two BJP-affiliated municipal councillors, were killed in an operation launched by the security forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Tuesday. “Two terrorists of the LeT outfit were killed at Nathipora area of Sopore. One of the slain terrorists was identified as Hamas alias Asrar alias Saria, a foreign terrorist, who was active since March 2018 in north Kashmir,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said. Sarai, he said, was also the mastermind behind an attack in Sopore, in which two municipal councillors and a policeman were killed on March 29. “He’s the first foreign militant to be killed this year,” IGP Kumar said.
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