Srinagar: Two terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, police said.
The encounter broke out in the early hours of Tuesday after security forces launched an anti-militancy operation following information about the presence of ultras in the district’s Alshipora area, they said.
Kashmir Zone Police officials identified them as Morifat Maqbool and Jazim Farooq alias Abrar.
“Killed #terrorists have been identified as Morifat Maqbool & Jazim Farooq @ Abrar of #terror outfit LeT. #Terrorist Abrar was involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit late Sanjay Sharma,” ADGP Kashmir said in a post on X.
According to police, the encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Alshipora area of Shopian in the early hours of Tuesday.
The encounter started while security forces were conducting an anti-terrorist operation after the police received information about the presence of terrorists in the area, officials said.