J&K: 3 terrorists including two from LeT killed in Srinagar encounter, policeman injured
Highlights
- 3 terrorists were killed in Srinagar in an encounter on Monday.
- Pakistan-based handlers had sent two Pakistani terrorists of the LeT terror outfit.
- A local terrorist was also sent who had been living in Pakistan since 2018.
Srinagar encounter: An encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Monday, in which three terrorists were killed. Out of the three, 2 were linked to the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. One policeman was also injured in the operation.
Pakistan-based handlers had sent two Pakistani terrorists of the LeT terror outfit along with one local terrorist Adil Hussain Mir of Pahalgam Anantnag. The local terrorist had been in Pakistan since 2018.
They were sent by the handlers with the intention to attack the Amarnath Yatra. Another killed terrorist has been identified as Abdullah Goujrim a resident of Faisalabad, Pakistan. This was the same group of terrorists that escaped from the Sopore encounter. “We had been tracking their movements for some time. Today’s operation was a big success,” said IGP Kashmir.
Several arms and ammunition was recovered from the terrorists, including 2 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, Live rounds, Y-SMS device, Matrix sheet, Pakistani medicines, and other incriminating material.
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