Tag: Shopian encounter

Two suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Chowgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday morning, the police said. The militants have not been identified, but the police claimed that they were affiliated to terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.An unidentified police official told ...

Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Saturday, December 25, 2021, police said.The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Chowgam area of Shopian, in south Kashmir, after inputs were received about the presence of militants there, ...

A Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) commander, who allegedly shot dead a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur on Saturday, was among two terrorists killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)’s Shopian on Wednesday, a police officer said.Sageer Ahmad Ansari, 53, the carpenter, was killed in Pulwama. ...

Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday,  October 20, 2021 police said.Also read: 2 militants behind recent civilian deaths killed: J&K IGSecurity forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dragad area of Shopian district following ...

At least seven militants and five army personnel, including a top officer have died in five encounters which occurred in Jammu and Kashmir in a span of 30 hours.According to officials, Kashmir police had gunned down three terrorists, including a terrorist responsible for the killing of a street hawker ...

Three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter in a forest area of Pulwama's Tral in south Kashmir on Saturday, August 21, 2021, taking the toll of militants killed in the last 24 hours to five in the district.Also read: Opinion | The Kashmir outreach and the Afghan stormAn ...

One militant was killed in an ongoing anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday. Meanwhile, the security forces foiled an infiltration in north Kashmir’s Tangdhar.A police spokesman said the militant was killed in an encounter between the security forces and hiding militants in Hanjipora village of Kachdoora hamlet ...

An official said an exchange of fire is going on in the area. Four militants were trapped in a pre-dawn operation of the security forces on Thursday, resulting in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian.“Exercising maximum restraint, the police and security forces tried to persuade trapped terrorists to surrender. ...

In a major success in the Valley, three terrorists affiliated with terror outfit Al-Badre were killed by the security forces in an encounter in the Hadipora area of the Shopian district, officials said on Sunday. The encounter between terrorists and security forces in Shopian broke out last night. A ...

At least one terrorist is believed to have taken refuge in a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday, after an overnight encounter with security forces, even as two ultras were gunned down in Pulwama district’s Tral region.The encounter in Shopian town broke out on Thursday evening and ...