J-K: 2 Al Badr militants killed in encounter with security forces in Srinagar district
The operation turned into an encounter after militants opened firing on the security forces positions, police said and added that the two militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight.The slain militants were affiliated to the proscribed Al Badr terror outfit and they have been identified as Wasim Bashir Pandit and Mudasir Ahmad Khanday, a police spokesman said.
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Two Al Badr militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Khonmoh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district on Monday, police said.
The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in the area on the outskirts of the city, following information about the presence of militants there, they said. The operation turned into an encounter after militants opened firing on the security forces' positions, police said and added that the two militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight.
The slain militants were affiliated to the proscribed Al Badr terror outfit and they have been identified as Wasim Bashir Pandit and Mudasir Ahmad Khanday, a police spokesman said. Weapons and explosives, including two pistols, were recovered from the scene of the encounter, he added.
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