1 min readJun 25, 2016 09:55 PM IST
First published on: Jun 25, 2016 at 08:40 PM IST
Hours after suspected militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Pampore killing eight security personnel, two terrorists were reportedly gunned down by security forces in a separate encounter in Baramulla district.
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Acting on a tip-off about presence of militants in Lachipora area of Uri, a joint team of police and the army
launched a search operation in the area, a police official said.
As security forces were carrying out the search operation, militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter in which the two militants were killed, he said. The operation was going on when last reports came in, the official said.
(With PTI inputs)
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