militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K's Anantnag

2 militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K's Anantnag

2 militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K's Anantnag

PTI

Srinagar : Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.

The encounter broke out near Halkan Gali in the Shangus-Larnoo area of the south Kashmir district.

Of the two militants killed, one was a foreigner and the other a local. Their group affiliation was yet to be ascertained, the officials said.

The operation is underway and further details were awaited, they said.

Another encounter is underway in the Khanyar area of Srinagar. So far, there are no reports of any casualties on either side, according to officials.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city on Saturday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, the officials added.

They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated.

Meanwhile, a search operation was also launched after movement of terrorists was observed in Bandipora district, Army said.

The Army's Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said in the late evening on Friday that troops spotted “suspicious movement” in the general area Panar in north Kashmir's Bandipora.

“On being challenged, terrorists opened indiscriminate fire and escaped into the jungle,” the Army said.

A search operation is underway in the area, it added.