2 Terrorists shot dead in encounter with security forces in Pulwama

Mangalore Today News Network

Pulwama, May 18,2019 : Two terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama early this morning, NDTV reported.

 

The encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces at around 2:10 am in Pulwama’s Panzam. Troops of the Central Reserve Police Force, Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group were involved in the encounter.

The bodies of the terrorists were found during a post-encounter search.

In south Kashmir’s Anantnag, another encounter between terrorists and security forces is on.

On Thursday, an army soldier was killed and three terrorists were shot dead in an encounter in Pulwama when security forces were conducting a search-and-cordon operation when the terrorists fired at them. Two more soldiers and a civilian were injured. The terrorists, believed to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed, was holed up in a house. A fourth body found at the encounter site was of a civilian, who was caught in the crossfire, the police said.