Lashkar-e-Taiba Terrorist Killed

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday, police said. This was the first encounter between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in more than three months. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Fressipora village in the Rajpora area of the south Kashmir district following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police spokesperson said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened fire on the forces, who retaliated. In the ensuing encounter, a terrorist was killed, the police spokesperson said. The slain ultra was identified as Danish Sheikh, a resident of Srinagar. He was affiliated with the proscribed TRF, the spokesperson added. TRF or The Resistance Front is an offshoot of the LeT. According to the police spokesperson, arms, ammunition and incriminating materials were found from the site of the .

As the security forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon them, which was retaliated effectively, leading to an encounter, the spokesman said

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Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Sunday.

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As the search party approached his hideout, the terrorist fired indiscriminately at the security personnel who retaliated

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