Security personnel take postionS near a mosque where militants took haven throughout an ongoing encounter at Meej area of Pampore Pulwama district south Kashmir on Thursday, June 18, 2020.|Picture Credit: NISSAR AHMAD
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A gunfight appeared in Pampore’s Meej area and another encounter occurred in Shopian’s Bandpawa.
6 militants, including two holed up inside a mosque, were killed in two different operations in south Kashmir on Friday, taking the toll in the twin encounters to 8 in the past 36 hours.
” There was no use of shooting or improvised explosive gadgets in the Pampore encounter. Security forces utilized tear smoke shells only and kept sanctity of the mosque. Both the militants hiding inside the mosque were neutralised,” Inspector General of Authorities, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, stated.
A gunfight emerged in Pampore’s Meej area on Thursday morning during a cordon-and-search operation, following a tip-off. While one militant was eliminated