Two militants killed in encounter in Baramulla

Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Goshbug area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district today, the police said.

Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Goshbug area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, the police said.

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Both of them are said to be Kashmiri militants. While one of them has been identified as Aqib Rashid of Palhalan, the identity of the second is being ascertained.

A police official said the operation was carried out by the special operations group of state police and the army’s counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles in the evening in Goshbug, Pattan, 32km from Srinagar.

"Holed up militants were challenged to surrender but they started firing at the security forces, triggering an encounter," the official said.

Meanwhile, curfew remained in force in Shopian town in south Kashmir for the sixth day on Tuesday.

It was imposed on September 8, a day after the CRPF shot dead four youths the local residents said were civilians -- police confirmed three were civilians with no record of militancy and the fourth a suspected militant -- while the CRPF maintains they were militants who attacked their camp.