SRINAGAR: Three Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorists were killed and five security men injured in a gunfight in
Tral area of Pulwama district, police said on Wednesday.
The gunfight had started on Tuesday and ended late on Tuesday evening.
The police have confirmed that all the three JeM terrorists hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area have been killed by the security forces.
"The slain terrorists include one Pakistan national and two locals.
"Five security personnel including on CRPF (
Central Reserve Police Force) jawan and four army soldiers have been injured in this encounter," the police said.
Following specific information about three terrorists hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area, troops of Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu & Kashmir Police surrounded the village.
As the security forces tightened the cordon around hiding terrorists, they fired at the security forces triggering a gunfight that ended with the killing of the three JeM terrorists.
This was the first anti-militancy operation in J&K after the
Bharatiya Janata party withdrew support from the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led coalition government headed by
Mehbooba Mufti.
The state has been placed under governor's rule.
