Srinagar, Oct 31 (Inditop.com) One separatist guerrilla holed up in a house was killed by security forces in a gunfight that began early Saturday and continues in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

“One terrorist has been killed so far and the gunfight is still on in Chinkipora residential area of Sopore,” a senior police officer told Inditop. Sopore, 54 km from here, is located in north Kashmir.

The gunfight began early Saturday when security forces asked militants hiding inside a house to surrender, upon which the militants resorted to indiscriminate gunfire, police said.