Soldier, 2 militants killed in J&K

An Indian Army soldier and two militants possibly of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group were killed on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district during a gunfight, police said.

A sub-inspector and a constable of the Central Reserve Police Force were also injured in the encounter in Redwani village after the security forces surrounded it on receiving specific information that two to three terrorists were present.

The exact identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained.

A second encounter was also underway in Hafoo village in Tral area of Pulwama district.

--IANS

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