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Kashmir: Army kills 3 militants in Pulwama, encounter ends, guns found
Three militants were killed in gun battle with the Indian Army in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Three militants were killed by the Indian Army after a gun battle in Pulwama’s Awantipora in Kashmir on Saturday morning.
The army identified the men as locals part of the militant Hizbullah Mujahideen group – Ashfaq ah Dar from Dogirpura, Ishfaq Ah Baba of Tahab and Haseeb Ah Pahla from Brao Bandyun.
“Three militants have been killed and three weapons recovered,” said a Srinagar-based army spokesperson.
The operation ended around 6 am, Brigadier K Venugopal told ANI. He further said no civilians and soldiers were injured in the encounter.
The militants belonged to south Kashmir where there has been a sudden spurt in locals taking to militancy in the past two years.
Burhan Wani a wanted man and top commander of the Hizbullah Mujahideen, became the face of new age militancy in the valley. Wani carries a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head.
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(With inputs from agencies)
