Three terrorists were killed Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Police said the three terrorists were killed in the encounter in Chak Tappar Kreeri area of Pattan tehsil in Baramulla district on Saturday.
"The encounter started late last evening between the security forces and the terrorists in Chak Tappar Kreeri area of Baramulla district.".
"The operation was suspended late last night due to bad light and it was resumed today morning and three terrorists have been killed in this operation.
Searches are still going on in the area. The exact identity and affiliation of the slain terrorists are being ascertained," officials said.
Meanwhile, an anti-terrorist operation is still underway in Chatroo village of Kishtwar district in Jammu division where two Army soldiers were killed and two others injured while fighting a group of terrorists on Friday.
The first phase of J&K polls will take place in eight Assembly constituencies scattered over Doda, Kishtwar, and Ramban districts across the Chenab valley region and 16 seats in the south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian, and Kulgam on September 18.
Jammu, Kathua, and Samba districts will head for polling stations on September 25 to cast their votes in the second and third phase of the J&K polls.
The hilly districts of Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Reasi, and Udhampur in Jammu division again saw terrorist ambush attacks on the Army, security forces, and civilians in the last two months.
Following reports that a group of hardcore foreign terrorists numbering 40 to 50 are responsible for these attacks, the Army has deployed over 4,000 trained soldiers drawn from the elite Para commandos and others trained in mountain warfare inside the densely forested areas of those districts.
Terrorists have been using the element of surprise to carry out ambush attacks and then disappearing in the forests of these hilly areas.
The deployment of the Army and the CRPF along with the fortification of the VDCs managed by local residents, has deprived the terrorists of the element of surprise to carry out such attacks.
The security forces gone aggressively after the terrorists both in the Jammu division and the Kashmir Valley, the terrorists are now increasingly being engaged in exchange of firing with the security forces.
"They either get killed in such encounters or remain on the run. This prevents them from surprising the security forces by carrying out sly attacks," a senior police officer said.
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