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This is an archive article published on March 22, 2012

LeT militant killed in gunbattle

The gunfight erupted in village Chanderhama in Pattan area,some 30-km from Srinagar.

A Lashker-e-Toiba militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

The gunfight erupted in village Chanderhama in Pattan area,some 30-km from here,when hiding militants fired at the security forces,a police spokesman said.

A joint team of police and army descended on the village following specific information that some LeT militants were hiding there,he said.

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The slain militant was identified as Nissar Ahmad Magray alias Shakti,the spokesman said adding an AK-47 rifle,two magazines,two grenades and some ammunition were recovered from him.

The exchange of fire between the militants and security forces was still on.

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