Srinagar Dec 30: An army soldier was killed while two others and a cop were injured in the overnight gunfight between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in which three militants were also killed.
The encounter broke out at Nowgam area of Shahabad Dooru on Wednesday evening with a cop injured in the initial exchange of fire.
On Thursday morning, police claimed to have killed three Jaish militants including a Pakistani national.
A police official told Greater Kashmir that an army soldier was also killed in the gunfight while two more soldiers and a cop has been injured in the exchange of fire and are stable.
Three Army jawans & a J&K Police jawan got injured. Later, an Army jawan was martyred, while the rest are stable. Total 2 pakistani militants & 4 local terrorists of JeM were killed. Two M4 rifles & four AK47 were recovered: IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
In another encounter that broke out shortly at Mirhama area of Kulgam operation, three militants were killed including a a Pakistani national.