Two JeM militants killed in gunbattle 
[ Wednesday, March 15, 2006 04:21:40 pmPTI ]
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SRINAGAR:
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed in a five-hour gunbattle with
security forces in Pampore town of Jammu and Kashmir late last night, a police
spokesman said on
Wednesday.
Troops
of Rashtriya Rifles and police raided Chandhar village of Pampore in Pulwama
district and were fired upon by militants hiding in a house at around 6 pm
yesterday, he
said.
In
the ensuing gunbattle that lasted for about five hours, two ultras identified as
Mohammad Khalid alias Abu Talha of Pakistan and a local JeM militant Zubair
Ahmad Lone were killed, he
said.
The
house where the militants were hiding was damaged during the encounter and two
AK assault rifles found on the slain militants.
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