Srinagar|Dec, 20: Three militants were on Tuesday morning killed in a brief encounter in Munjh Marg village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. The encounter broke out in the Shopian village after a joint team of police and Army cordoned off the area following an input about the presence of militants.
Kashmir Zone Police on it’s twitter handle while confirming the killing of three militants in a brief encounter at Munjh Marg Village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district quoted ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar as saying that the slain militants were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba and All the slain militants are locals from Kashmir. Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, according to the said tweet from Kashmir Zone Police also said that among the three slain militants two have been identified as Lateef Ahmed Lone of Shopian, who was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishna Bhat; and Umer Nazir of Anantnag, involved in the killing of Till Bahadur Thapa of Nepalar , adding that one AK-47 rifle and two pistols have been also recovered from the site of the encounter.
