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Two militants killed in J&K gunfight

Google Maps image locates Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.  

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The encounter is still on at Shistargam village in Anantnag district.

Two militants were killed on March 24 in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said.

“Security personnel from the Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the State police surrounded Shistargam village on Friday evening following information about a group of holed-up militants.

“As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired at the security forces triggering the gunfight,” police sources said.

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