India / 3 terrorists killed by security forces in J&K; total 25 killed in last 2 weeks

The security forces have killed three terrorists in an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on Wednesday. As many as 25 terrorists have been killed till Wednesday by the security forces in the last two weeks. "In the last two weeks, nine big operations were carried out in which 22 terrorists have been killed," DGP Dilbag Singh said yesterday.

Zee News : Jun 10, 2020, 12:06 PM
Sri Nagar: Three terrorists was killed in an encounter between security forces and terrorists at Sugoo area of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (June 10). The operation started by a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, 44 RR and CRPF is still on. The identity of the killed terrorists are still unknown.

The operation was launched after security forces received inputs that 2-3 terrorists were hiding in the area. The encounter started after the security forces surrounded an apple orchard after receiving credible inputs that some terrorists were hiding there. The terrorists opened fire once the security forces arrived at the spot, forcing the security personnel to retaliate, thus triggering an encounter. 

This  is the third encounter in Shopian district in last one week. Nine terrorists were killed in last two encounters in the district and all were of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.