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Militants on Saturday opened fire at an army patrol in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral region, following which security forces launched a search operation in the area.
Militants hiding in the Seer Jagir village in Tral opened fire at the army patrol.
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"A search operation has been started," a police official said.
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Tral is part of Pulwama district which along with Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir are believed to be heavily infested with militants.
The firing comes days after a Kashmiri army officer was killed by militants in Shopian when he was on leave to attend a family wedding.
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