Two militants killed in encounter in Burhan Wani's hometown
Two militants have reportedly been killed today in an ongoing encounter with security forces in terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen's slain commander Burhan Wani's hometown Tral in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. However, Inspector General of Police Muneer Khan said, "Till the time we do not recover bodies and weapons, we can't confirm it."
Three militants were killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir?s Pulwama district on Saturday, a senior police officer said.According to officials, the militants were planning a major attack on army and police.The encounter began at around 8.30 on Saturday after Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)?and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants opened fire on security forces conducting a search in Satoora forest area of Tral.?Since the last two-three days, we had information that this group of militants were planning an attack on army and police,? Muneer Khan, inspector general of police, Kashmir Range told HT earlier during the day.?Pursuing them, we finally established contact today (Saturday) morning,? he said.The identity of deceased militants is yet to be ascertained.Tral, which is 36 km from Srinagar, is the hometown of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen ultra who was gunned down by security forces on July 8 last year triggering a wave of unrest in the Valley for nearly a year.