Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday killed five terrorists in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Kupwara districts.
A senior police official said that three terrorists were killed in Shopian district and two in Handwara area of Kupwara district.
He said that of the three terrorists neutralised in Shopian, two were from Pulwama and the third one was a local.
Whereas, the identity of the two terrorists killed in Yaroo village of Handwara area of Kupwara district is being ascertained, said the police official.
The police official said that the Shopian encounter started when the hiding terrorists opened fire at the security forces in Yawran forests during a cordon-and-search operation.
In the second operation that started following a tip off about presence of some terrorists in Yaroo village in Kupwara district, the police have recovered the body of one of the two slain terrorists whose identity is tbeing established.
He said that an appeal has been made to people not to go near the sites of the gunfights as there is a possibility of unexploded material being present there.
Also, as a precaution, authorities suspended mobile internet services in the areas where the encounter occurred.