Srinagar: An infiltration bid was foiled in the Kashmir valley where 13 militants,
six of them from Pakistan, were killed and a couple managed to escape from the
clutches of militants in separate incidents since November 16 night, police said on
November 17.
Three Pakistani militants were killed and two security personnel injured in an
exchange of fire as troops foiled an infiltration bid in Noushera area of Machil
sector, they said.
A large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the encounter
site.
In Udhampur district of Jammu region, security forces gunned down two al-Badr
militants in an encounter at Shajroo in Mahore tehsil, the sources said, adding that
both of them belonged to Pakistan.
Three Lashker-e-Toiba militants were killed in an eight-hour long encounter with
Rashtriya Rifles personnel at Zawoora village in Pulwama district.
The encounter took place when the security personnel on a tip-off, cordoned off the
house in which the militants were hiding. The house was gutted in the
firing.
Another LeT militant identified as Abu Jehad, a resident of Gujranwalla in Pakistan,
was killed in a gunfight with security personnel at Sangalnar-Kandi in Kupwara,
police said.
Recoveries from the site included two AK rifles with five magazines and 118 rounds,
four handgrenades, some explosives and a few diaries. The operation was still in
progress, they said.
PTI
