Srinagar, May 11 (Inditop.com) Two separatist guerrillas were killed early Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said.
The fighting broke out after troops from Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police surrounded a house in Sanzipora village near Handwara town, 120 km from here.
“The cordon was laid following specific information about the presence of heavily-armed militants inside the house,” a police officer said.
“When the militants were asked to surrender, they started indiscriminate firing at the security men. The house had been converted into a fortified bunker,” he added.
“Two militants were killed. Their identity is being established. Searches are on in the village,” the officer said.
Last week, two separatist guerrillas were killed in another gun battle in Shahnagri village in the same district while seven guerrillas belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
