A civilian died and 20 others were injured during clashes with security forces
Kashmir University students raise slogans to protest killing of three civilians in firing by security forces at Kulgam on Sunday. Pic/PTI
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including a Pakistani national, were on Tuesday killed in an encounter while a civilian died and 20 others sustained injuries during clashes with security forces near the scene of gunbattle in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
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A police spokesman said a joint patrol of the security forces launched searches in the Kundallan area of the district in the early hours following credible leads about the presence of terrorists there.
As the searches were going on, militants hiding inside the house fired upon the search party, who in their guarded response fired back, leading to an encounter, he said. The spokesman said security forces quickly evacuated some civilians in the nearby houses.
"During the encounter, all the hiding terrorists were eliminated successfully by the joint patrol of the security forces. The slain terrorists were identified as Sameer Ahmad Sheikh, a local, and Babar from Pakistan," he said, adding that the ultras were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM.
Sheikh was a school dropout and had joined the JeM after he was reported missing from his home since April 2018, the spokesman said. "On the basis of documents available, the other terrorist has been identified as Babar, a JeM commander of Pakistani origin. They were involved in many attacks on the security establishments and civilian atrocities," he said. The spokesman said some civilians were also injured in cross firing at the encounter site. They were later evacuated to a hospital for medical attention.
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