Terrorist killed in gunfight in J&K's Shopian
"One unidentified terrorist killed. Operation going on," police said.
Earlier, the gunfight broke out after a joint team of the police and the Army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
This is the second gunfight in Shopian in less than 24 hours.
Earlier, on Tuesday three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter between the terrorists and security forces at Tulran Imamsahab area in Shopian. Terrorist responsible for the killing of a street hawker Virendra Paswan of Bihar was among the three LeT men gunned down.
