Shopian Encounter: Number of terrorists killed in the encounter has risen to three, says police (File)
Two terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said on Sunday.
With this, the total number of terrorists killed in the encounter has risen to three, they said.
Security forces were engaged in an exchange of fire with terrorists in Hadipora area of south Kashmir's Shopian districts. One terrorist was killed on Saturday.
Two more terrorists have been killed in the operation at Hadipora, a police official said.
According to the police, one of the killed terrorists was newly recruited and security forces made sincere efforts to make him surrender.
"Parents also made appeals. But other terrorists didn't let him surrender," Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.
The encounter broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Hadipora following inputs about the presence of terrorists there.
The search operation in the area is going on, the official said.