Srinagar: At least three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed in an encounter in Arwani area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag on Thursday.
The combing operation is currently underway. The Railway authorities earlier in the day suspended train services from Budgam-Banihal due to the encounter.
Fresh exchange of fire started between terrorists and security forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in the early morning hours.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old youth was on Thursday killed by a “stray bullet” near the site of an encounter between militants and security forces which has been going on since early morning in Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Security forces have been engaged in the gunbattle to flush out the militants, believed to be two, who are hiding in a house in Bijbehara area, a police official said.
The civilian casualty took place when security personnel were dealing with a mob of stone-pelters who were targeting the forces near the encounter site to distract them from the operation to flush out the hiding militants.
