Two suspected LeT militants killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Handwara

Two suspected LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter in Handwara’s Waripora.

Two suspected LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an Army official said. The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Bhagatpura in Handwara area of the district based on a specific intelligence input about the presence of militants there, he said.

As the security forces were conducting the search operation, militants fired upon them, the official said. He added that the security forces retaliated and in resulting encounter, two militants were killed.

Two weapons have been recovered from the encounter site, he said, adding that the identity and the group affiliation of the slain militants are being ascertained. The gunfight is over and the area is being sanitised, the official said.

(With inputs from PTI)