he gunfight erupted after the joint forces launched a cordon and search operation at Yedipora Pattan in the morning following inputs about militants’ presence.
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, September 4
Three unidentified militants were killed while three security personnel, including an Army Major, were injured in an encounter in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district today, the police said.
The gunfight erupted after the joint forces launched a cordon and search operation at Yedipora Pattan in the morning following inputs about militants’ presence.
“The hideout was identified and the militants asked to surrender. They, however, took hostage 12 members of two families, including some children. The priority was to get hostages freed,” a police spokesman said. “One Army Major and two policemen were injured while rescuing hostages,” he said. In the ensuing gunfight, which continued for several hours, three militants were killed.