Three militants killed on Shopian encounter

Srinagar, June 16 (HS)Three militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Turkwangam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday.

Official sources who gave this information, said the identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained.

A senior police officer said that bodies were yet to be retrieved from the encounter site.

Earlier, according to the reports reaching that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and CRPF launched a search- and cordon-operation.

As the joint team approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them. The fire was retaliated by the joint team, triggering off an encounter.