Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants and a civilian were killed during an anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday.
“During the house-to-house searches, which were started in the early hours to locate terrorists in the area, the hiding terrorists came out and resorted to indiscriminate firing. In the indiscriminate firing , a civilian, Shakeel Ahmed Khan from Amshipora, got seriously wounded and succumbed,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said.
According to the police, a joint operation was launched at Amshipora on Thursday night “based on a specific input of the police about the presence of terrorists”.
