Militant killed in Shopian gunfight, operation on : police

A militant was killed in an ongoing operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday, police said.

In a tweet, a police spokesman said that a militant was killed in a gunfight in the Turkwangam area of the district.

The gunfight broke out late last night after the police and security forces launched a search operation in the area following inputs about the presence of militants, said a police official.

He said the identity of the slain militant was not immediately known.