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Kashmir: Bodies of Lashkar commander Junaid Matoo and two militants recovered

| | Jun 17, 2017, at 06:00 pm
Srinagar, June 17 (IBNS) : The bodies of Junaid Matoo, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) district commander, and two other militants who were killed in an encounter with security forces, were recovered from Bijbehara in Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday, media reports said.

Three weapons, including AK 47 guns, and six magazines were also recovered from their possession.

Matoo, who carried a bounty of Rs. ten lakh on his head, made headlines by attacking a police van and killing three policemen last year and was involved in several attacks on security forces.

He, along with  his aides- Nasir Wani and Adil Mushtaq Mir-  was killed on Friday during a flush out operation carried out jointly by the army,  CRPF and the Special Operation Group. .

The two other slain militants are Nasir Wani and Adil Mushtaq Mir.

Two civilians, including a teenager also died after they were caught in the cross-fire between militants and security forces.

They have been  identified as 14-year-old  Ehsan Ahmad from Shamsipora village in Kulgam district, and 22-year-old Muhammad Ashraf.


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