3 terrorists linked to Lashkar shot dead in J&K; 2 involved in civilian killings

SRINAGAR, Dec 20: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said two of the three slain terrorists have been identified and were involved in civilian killings.
He said one of the slain ultra was Lateef Lone, who was allegedly involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat, while the other terrorist was identified as Umer Nazir, who was involved in killing of Till Bahadur Thapa of Nepal. Giving details of the encounter, a police official said security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Munjh Marg in Zainapora area of Shopian following information about presence of terrorists.
The search operation turned into an encounter, the official said, adding three LeT ultras were killed in the exchange of fire with the security forces.
An AK 47 rifle and two pistols were recovered from the encounter site.