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Kashmir: Militants escape after brief gunfight with officials

| | Mar 17, 2017, at 04:48 pm
Srinagar, Mar 17 (IBNS): Militants managed to escape after having a brief gunfight with security forces in Batnoor area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir, police said on Friday.

Police sources said that after receiving inputs about presence of some militants hiding in the area, Rashtriya Rifles in coordination with

Special Operation Group of Jammu Kashmir Police laid seize around the suspected house, ensuing a fierce gunfight.

“After having a gunfight on Friday morning, militants managed to escape from the house,” senior police officer told India Blooms News Service.

Earlier this week, three militants and a six-year-old girl were killed in encounter that took place in Kalaroos area of Kupwara in North Kashmir.


(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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