Hybrid terrorist killed in anti-terror operation in J-K’s Shopian

Mangalore Today News Network

Shopian, Oct 19, 2022: A hybrid terrorist, Imran Bashir, who was arrested following the death of two labourers in a grenade blast in Shopian, has been killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

The encounter started between terrorists and security forces in the Nowgam area of Shopian after 78 hours of civilian killings in the district. The Shopian encounter is very close to the site where a Kashmiri Pandit was shot at.

 

Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid #terrorist & in continuous raids by Police & security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists & SFs at Nowgam #Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist namely Imran Bashir Ganaie killed by firing of another terrorist. (1/2)

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 18, 2022

"Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police & security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists & Security Forces at Nowgam Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist namely Imran Bashir Ganaie killed by firing of another terrorist," Kashmir Zone police said in a tweet on Wednesday.

It said incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, were seized from the encounter site.

"The search operation is still going on," police said.

WHO IS A HYBRID TERRORIST:

Security forces and intelligence agencies in Kashmir define hybrid terrorists as those not listed as ultras but radicalised enough to carry out a terror strike and then slip back into routine life.

As they live their normal lives in between their assignments. Security agencies find it hard to track and trace them as they live among the general populace.

Courtesy: India Today