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Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir

News On Time Desk 10 October 2023

Srinagar: Two local terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in an encounter by security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Police said one of the slain terrorists was allegedly involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit earlier this year. It is noteworthy that on February 26, Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma, who worked as an ATM guard, was shot dead by suspected terrorists in Achan area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

Kashmir's Additional Director General of Police Vijay Kumar said two terrorists named Morifat Maqbool and Jajim Farooq alias Abrar were killed in the Shopian encounter on Tuesday and one of them was involved in Sharma's killing. ADGP Kumar said that terrorist Abrar was involved in the murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma.

After receiving information about the terrorists, the joint forces launched a cordon and search operation following which an encounter broke out in Alshipura area of Shopian. Police said on Thursday that two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed in the encounter. The search operation is going on.