Encounter broke out in inZagoo Arizal area in Budgam district.
Two terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with security forces in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Security forces launched a predawn operation based on intelligence input about the presence of terrorists in Zagoo Arizal area.
As the forces were undertaking searches in the area, terrorists fired at them, drawing a retaliation. Two terrorists were killed in the ensuing encounter, a police official said. The identity of the terrorists is yet to be ascertained, he added.
A police spokesman said arms, ammunition and incriminating material has been recovered from their possession.
Police have asked people not to visit the encounter site till the bomb disposal team sanitises the area.
Meanwhile, an outdoor broadcasting (OB) van of a media organisation was damaged in a stone throwing incident in Budgam district, the police said.
The windscreen of the OB van of a television news agency was damaged after it was attacked by a stone-pelting mob while the media crew was on its way to cover the encounter, a police official said.
On Tuesday, security forces gunned down two terrorists in Pulwama's Tral town. The police had also recovered arms and ammunition, including M4 and AK 47 rifles and other incriminating materials from the site of the encounter.
In last 10 days, security forces have gunned down 14 terrorists in anti-terror operations.