Srinagar
\nTwo local militants of the Al-Badr were killed and a security man was injured in an early morning gunfight with security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The two militants, identified as Nawaz Ahmad Wagay of Zainapora, Shopian, and Yawar Wani of Batnoor, Pulwama, were killed a day after a 19-year-old Huzaif Ashraf was killed by militants by slitting his throat in the district.<\/p>\n
The gunfight triggered around 3.30 am when joint teams of police, Army\u2019s Rashtriya Rifles and 178 Battalion, CRPF, were carrying out a cordon and a search operation in Rebban, Zainapora, some 65 km from Srinagar, after an input about militant presence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hiding militants tried to escape the cordon by firing indiscriminately, but they were engaged and killed in a brief exchange of fire,\u201d a security officer said. He said an AK rifle and a pistol were recovered from the encounter site.<\/p>\n
A police spokesman said both the local Al-Badr militants were involved in a series of attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities in the area. The killing of the two militants triggered a shutdown in Shopian and neighbouring Pulwama district. A large number of people attended the funeral of the two militants. Meanwhile, a militant hideout was busted in Shopian on Sunday. The hideout was busted by a joint team of the police and Army in the Yarwan forest area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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