Encounter breaks out in South Kashmir’s Shopian

Shopian: After a gap of around seventeen days, gunfight has started in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
An encounter broke out between security forces and militants at Wathoo, Shirmal village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday evening
An official said that a joint of team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of militants launched search operation in the area.
He said that as the joint team of forces intensified searches towards the suspected spot, hiding militants fired upon the party, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. The official said that operation is going on while two militants are believed to be trapped. The officials said that due to dark, the operation has been put on halt for the night while all cordon layers are intact and lights stand installed.
Pertinently, there was no encounter in South Kashmir in last 17 days. On 20 November, a hybrid militant Sajad Tantray of Shirpora Frisal Kulgam who was taken for identification of hideout as per police got killed in militant firing in Check I Dadoo area of Marhama area of Anantnag district. On November 11, a non-local militant identified as Kamran Bhai alias Anees of JeM was killed in Kaprin area of Shopian