An army soldier was killed while two others and a cop were injured in the overnight gunfight between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, in which three militants were also killed.
The encounter broke out at the Nowgam area of Shahabad Dooru on Wednesday evening with a cop injured in the initial exchange of fire.
On Thursday morning, police claimed to have killed three Jaish militants, including a Pakistani national.
A police official said an army soldier was also killed in the gunfight while two more soldiers and a cop had been injured in the exchange of fire and are stable.
In another encounter that broke out shortly in the Mirhama area of the Kulgam operation, three militants were killed, including a Pakistani national.
