Three LeT militants killed in Kashmir

Three Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were killed today in a gunfight with security forces in the Handwara area of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Security forces launched a search operation at Magam in the Handwara area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said the militants were asked to surrender but they opened fire on security forces.
The troops retaliated and in the exchange of fire, which lasted over an hour, three Pakistani militants of the LeT were killed, the official said.
Later in the afternoon, another encounter broke out between militants and security forces at Zirhama in the Trehgam area of the district.

"The police, CRPF and Army have strengthened the cordon and are trying to flush out the militants," the official added.
There were no reports of any casualties in the operation so far, he said.