Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants and a shopkeeper were killed in separate incidents in Kashmir Valley on October 2, official sources said.

Two LeT militants were killed in an encounter, which broke out during a combing operation at Hakbarra- Malangam in Baramulla district of North Kashmir, they said.

Security forces, acting on a tip-off, cordoned the village early in the morning. When the cordon was tightened around a particular house where militants were hiding, the ultras opened fire on the security forces and in the ensuing gun-battle two militants were killed, they said.

The house used by militants as their hideout was also damaged in the gun-battle, the sources said.

Militants shot and critically wounded a shopkeeper, Manzoor Ahmad Zargar, at Kreeri Bazar in Baramulla district on October 2 morning. Zargar was declared dead by the doctors in a local hospital.

PTI