Srinagar:
Three militants from the Lashkar-e-Toiba or LeT have been killed in South Kashmir; two of them were from Pakistan, the third was a local militant.
An elderly woman was killed in the crossfire; 4 jawans have been injured.
The militants were allegedly planning a suicide attack. The encounter took place in Amlar Village in Tral in Kashmir. It began when the militants who were hiding in a house in the village started shooting at a search party of the police and the CRPF.
"We cordoned off the village early this morning. We came under heavy fire thereafter as a result of which three jawans of CRPF and one from Jammu and Kashmir Police got injured but they are all out of danger," says Farooq Ahmed, IG, Kashmir.
An elderly woman was killed in the crossfire; 4 jawans have been injured.
The militants were allegedly planning a suicide attack. The encounter took place in Amlar Village in Tral in Kashmir. It began when the militants who were hiding in a house in the village started shooting at a search party of the police and the CRPF.
"We cordoned off the village early this morning. We came under heavy fire thereafter as a result of which three jawans of CRPF and one from Jammu and Kashmir Police got injured but they are all out of danger," says Farooq Ahmed, IG, Kashmir.
