Kupwara encounter: Militant killed; operation over

Srinagar,  June 29(KMW) : An unidentified militant, suspected to be a foreigner, was killed in an encounter with security forces in woods of Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara on Friday, official sources said. A security force patrol party was fired upon by militants in Trehgam forest in Kupwara early morning. Troops also retaliated and in the exchange of fire, a militant was killed.

The body has been recovered, the sources said, adding that the identity of the slain militant is being ascertained.

A defence ministry spokesman on Official Twitter Account of Chinar Corps, Army said,” Op Trehgam (Kupwara district). One militant killed in an encounter near Trehgam in Kupwara district at 0530 hrs today Operation over.