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J&K encounter ends, 4 terrorists killed
Jammu, Nov 28 (IBNS): The massive encounter between terrorists and security forces that was underway since Thursday, ended on Friday in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said.
The Indian Army confirmed that that four militants were killed in the encounter.
Combing operations are underway by the Army to find any remaining terrorists hidden in the area on Friday.
Some militants crossed the border to Arnia belt of Jammu district on Thursday and started indiscriminate firing from a nearby Army bunker.
At least ten people including four terrorists, three civilians, and three Army personnel were killed in the ongoing encounter between militants and security forces in the Kathar village of Arnia sector in Jammu division of the state on Thursday.
Some four to five terrorists were holed up in the vacant Army bunker in Pindi Khattar belt of Arnia border sector of Jammu district for long.
The bunker belonged to Army's 92 infantry brigade.
The attack started on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.
It also emerged at a time when the state is going through Assembly polls.
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