SRINAGAR: A militant affiliated with the Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit was killed in an operation at Panipora forest of Zaloora area in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, an official said.
An official said that one Pakistani militant affiliated with the Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit has been killed in the encounter.
He said that incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from their procession.
#SoporeEncounterUpdate: 01 #Pakistani #terrorist affiliated with proscribed #terror outfit LeT killed. #Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered. 2 FTs and one local terrorist escaped from cordon. Search going on. Further details shall follow: IGP Kashmir https://t.co/2L4YVhGfru
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 6, 2022
He added that two foreign militants and one local escaped from the cordon and a search operation is going on.
Earlier, a police spokesman said a gunfight broke out between militants and forces in Panipora forest of Zaloora area in Sopore.
