Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday killed two terrorists in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district.
According to a police official, the counter insurgency units of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group (SOG) of state police neutralised two terrorists during a search operation in an orchard area in Parguchi village.
“During the course of the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired at the security forces triggering a brief gun battle in which both terrorists were killed,” said the police official adding that the identity and affiliation of the slain terrorists is being ascertained.
On the other hand, Army soldier was killed by terrorists on Saturday when he was at his home in Sopore town.
The police official said that Muhammad Rafiq Yatoo of the Territorial Army was shot and critically injured at his home in Warpora locality of Sopore and taken to hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries.
Yatoo was on leave from his unit, the police official said.
Till reports last came in, the area was cordoned off by the security forces and an intensive search operation on.