3 LeT militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Pulwama

3 LeT militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Pulwama

3 LeT militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Pulwama

Srinagar :  Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.

A gun battle broke out in Pulwama town of the south Kashmir district after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire on the security forces, who retaliated.

3 LeT militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Pulwama

3 LeT militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Pulwama

Three militants were killed in the gun battle.

"One of the slain terrorists had been identified as LeT commander Aijaz @abu Huraira," the official said, adding that the slain ultra was a Pakistani national.

The official said a search operation was going on in the area. PTI