Terrorist killed in J&K gunfight

Srinagar, Feb 19 A terrorist has been killed in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, the police said on Saturday

The police said that a search is underway at the gunfight site in Chermarg Zainapora area.

A joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the gunfight.

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