2 militants, 2 jawans killed in J&K encounter
According to reports, an encounter broke out in Laribal small dense forest area of Zachaldara in Handwara, 100 km from Srinagar headquarter on Thursday night after security forces launched an operation, an Army officer said.
“As the cordon was being laid, militants opened fire on the security forces, which triggered an encounter that is still underway. In the encounter so far two Army men of 21 RR and two militants have got killed,” police sources said.
The identity of the slain soldiers could not be established immediately.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
