New Delhi, Aug 2: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Lolab valley of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Earlier it was reported that there was an exchange of gunfire between security forces and terrorists. There is no report of casualties so far. Heavy exchange of fire was reported from the area. More details are awaited.
Director General of Police (DGP), SP Vaid, confirmed the attack on twitter. “Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with J&K Police/ Security Forces in Lolab Kupwara few minutes back,” he tweeted.
Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with J&K Police/ SF in Lolab Kupwara few minutes back.
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) August 2, 2018
In recent months, the state has witnessed a huge spurt in terror activities. On Wednesday, two terrorists were killed by security forces in an encounter in Anantnag district. Another encounter between the terrorists and security forces was reported on Wednesday in Kupwara.
Jammu and Kashmir: Exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Kupwara. More details awaited
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2018
On May 23, six civilians were injured in the grenade attack at Bijbehara town of Anantnag district. Two days later, two policemen and a civilian were injured in a similar attack at a bus stand on Jammu’s BC road.
Meanwhile, an intelligence agency has warned that Pakistan based terror groups — Lashkar-a-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) are planning to launch Pathankot style attack on India, a report said. The terrorists will target Indian Naval Base and for this, they are being given underwater attack training and deep sea techniques to attack the Navy, it was claimed.
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