2 Hizbul terrorists, responsible for civilian murders, killed in Pulwama

SRINAGAR: Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed in an anti-terror operation in the Pampore hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district early on Friday.
The duo was part of Hizbul’s hit squad, responsible for civilian murders in south Kashmir, IGP (Kashmir Range) Vijay Kumar said.
One of the slain terrorists was identified as Musaib Mushtaq of Pulwama’s Khrew area, involved in killing Lurgam resident Javaid Ahmed Malik, a peon at a girls’ school in Patsuna. “The identity of the other terrorist is yet to be known,” the IGP said.
Acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists, a joint team of the Army, CRPF and Jammu-Kashmir Police had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Khrew early on Friday morning. On seeing the security forces approaching them, the holed-up ultras opened fire at the search party, triggering an encounter.
The Hizbul duo was killed after a brief gunfight, the IGP said.