Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at the Rajpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “Two terrorists killed. Incriminating materials, including two AK-47 rifles, were recovered. Search going on,” police said.
The encounter that started on Monday based on an intelligence input ended with the killing of two terrorists on Tuesday. Both are local terrorists identified as Shahid Rather of Tral and Umar Yousuf of Shopian.
The police said besides other terror crimes, Shahid was involved in the killing of a woman Shakeela of Aripal and a govt employee Javid Ahmed of Lurgam in Tral.
