Two holed up militants in mosque killed, 3 militants killed in Shopian encounter
Srinagar, June 19: Jammu & Kashmir Police on Friday said that both militants hiding inside a mosque in Meej area of Pampore have been killed.
In a tweet, police said patience and professionalism worked to neutralise the militants as well as to maintain sanctity of the Masjid
“MeejPampore Encounter Update: #Patience & #professionalism worked. No use of firing & IED. Used tear smoke shells only. Maintained #sanctity of the #mosque. Both #militants hiding inside mosque neutralised,” police tweeted.
Meanwhile, one more militant was killed in a gunfight that broke out on Thursday in Bandpawa area of Chitragam Tehsil in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
An official said that another militant was killed in the gunfight. With this killing, the death toll of the militants in the encounter has reached to three.
A team of Police, Army’s 44 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation based on specific information about the presence of militants in the area, the official added.
