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Kashmir encounter: Security forces kill 6 terrorists, no collateral damage

A police official said arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site

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Shopian: Army personnel walk towards the house where top militant commanders including Sadaam Padar, alleged assistant professor of Kashmir University turned militant Mohammad Rafi Bhat were hiding during an encounter | Photo: PTI
Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Dec 22 2018 | 12:00 PM IST

Six terrorists were killed in an encounter on Saturday morning with security forces in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. 

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Arampora village in Awantipora area of the South Kashmir district this morning following specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said. 

The forces retaliated leading to a gunfight, the official said.

Swayam Prakash Pani, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), said six terrorists were killed in the encounter.

A police official said arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site, adding the identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorists are being ascertained.

The official said there was no collateral damage in the operation.   

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First Published: Dec 22 2018 | 10:45 AM IST

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