Gunfight in J&K, top militant trapped

A gunfight started on Tuesday between holed up militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district leaving a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander trapped, police said.

Acting on specific information, the security forces surrounded the Hakripora village upon which they were fired at by the militants resulting in the ongoing gunfight, a police spokesman said.

The LeT commander identified as Abu Dujana was trapped inside the village along with two to three other militants, the spokesman added.

--IANS

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