SRINAGAR: An encounter broke out today between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's
Shopian district, police said.
Two security personnel have sustained injuries in the ongoing encounter. The injured have been shifted to a hospital.
Acting on specific information about the presence of terrorists in
Badigam village in
Zainapora area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there this morning, a police
official said.
"The search operation turned into an encounter after the hiding militants fired upon the forces, which was retaliated," the official said.
Authorities have suspended mobile internet services across south Kashmir.
