A police official told news agency PTI that security forces launched the operation in the Baragam area after they received specific inputs about the presence of terrorists there.
Pulwama: In an encounter with Security Forces in Pulwama ditrict of Jammu and Kashmir, an unidentified terrorist was killed, police said.
“Awantipora Encounter Update: 01 unidentified terrorist killed. Operation going on,” the Kashmir Zone Police shared the update on Twitter.
#Encounter has started at Baragam area of #Awantipora. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) December 12, 2021
A police official told news agency PTI that security forces launched the operation in the Baragam area after they received specific inputs about the presence of terrorists there.
As the forces were conducting searches, the terrorists fired upon them, the official added. The exchange of fire is currently going on and more details are awaited.
Sunday morning’s operation comes three days after three terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)- The Resistance Front (TRF) were gunned down by security forces in Shopian on Wednesday. According to the police, these terrorists were part of groups involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities.
Jammu and Kashmir has been recently witnessing a slew of attacks on civilians, the majority of whom are from other states of India. On November 30, the Union government informed Parliament as many as 40 civilians have been killed and 72 others were injured in terrorist attacks till November 15 this year.
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