2 terrorists trapped in J-K's Shopian, operation underway: Kashmir IG

Inspector-General of Police Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that the two terrorists are trapped in the Feeripora area in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir and the police will continue the operation.

Speaking to ANI, Kashmir IG said that yesterday, three terrorists were killed in the operation launched at two places in Shopian.

"Yesterday we launched an operation at two places in Shopian in which three were killed and two terrorists are trapped in Feeripora area of Shopian. We will continue the operation," said Kumar.

Kumar further said that in recent days, a total of seven civilians were killed by terrorists.

"In recent days, seven civilians were killed by terrorists. We have launched an aggressive operation against the terrorists following which one each was killed in Srinagar and Anantnag. One was killed and five arrested from Bandipora," he added.

In an encounter that broke out between the security forces and terrorists in Shopian, three terrorists were killed. The police also recovered incriminating arms and ammunition from their possession.

Also, two terrorists were killed in separate operations in Anantnag and Bandipora on Sunday night

Earlier on Monday, a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and four soldiers of the Indian Army were killed during a counter-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector in the Pir Panjal ranges.

( With inputs from ANI )

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