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| Two Hizb militants killed in Baramulla |
| 2009-04-25 |
| Two Hizb-ul Mujahideen militants, part of a group that recently infiltrated into the valley through the Gurez sector, were killed in Baramulla district, 55 km from here, on Friday. Mohammad Yaqoob Dar alias Zubair and his Pakistani friend Shaheen were intercepted by a joint search party of police and Rashtriya Rifles at Wakanpora-Sopore, Superintendent of Police (Sopore) Bhim Singh Tuti said. They were killed in an encounter that lasted about four hours. “The militants had moved to Sopore and were in the process of establishing a base,” Mr. Tuti said. Police received specific information and launched a search operation with Rashtriya Rifles. The militants, who had taken shelter in a house in the village, tried to escape the cordon on noticing the movement of security forces. But they were intercepted by the search party at a nursery. On March 26, the Army had intercepted a large group of militants near the Line of Control in the Gurez sector of Bandipora district and shot one of them dead. The others had escaped and could not be traced |
| Posted by:john frum |