Three militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara…
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Three militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday, police said. Exchange of fire was still on in the area.
“Three militants have so far been killed in a gunfight with security forces in Halmatpora forest area of Kupwara. The operation is still going on,” said a police officer.
The gunfight broke out when militants, hiding in the foresrt, fired at a security force party of the Rashtriya Rifles and the state police’s Special Operations Group (SOG).
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Additional deployments of security forces were rushed to the area to augment the strength of the security forces and to establish a firm cordon around the group of militants in the area.
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