Srinagar: Two terrorists killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Pulwama district have been identified, said police on Thursday.
“Both killed terrorists identified as local terrorists namely Aijaz Hafiz and Shahid Ayub, of Al-Badr outfit. Two AK rifles recovered. They had been involved in series of attacks on outside labourers in Pulwama in the month of March-April 2022,” Jammu and Kashmir Police quoting Inspector General Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar, tweeted.
The encounter took place at the Mitrigam area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.
The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
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