Added on September 4, 2017
KV Correspondent
Militants killed in Sopore encounter identified
The militants killed in an gunfight in Shankergund area of Sopore were identified as Nayeem Ahmad and Ashiq Hussain.
Two militants killed in a brief gunfight with government forces in Shankergund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday belonged to Laahkar-e-Toiba outfit, police said.
An official identified the slain militants as Nayeem Ahmad of Brath Kalan Sopore and Ashiq Hussain of Andergam Pattan.
He said three AK-47 rifles were recovered from the site of the gunfight.