The three people were from Pakistan and belonged to the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid said.
Security forces killed three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Magam area of North Kashmir’s Handwara district, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid said on Tuesday. He added that all three were from Pakistan.
The firing began on Tuesday morning when the security forces were conducting a cordon and search operation, News18 reported. The operation is still underway and more details are awaited.
On Sunday, the Army had said that in 2017 it had killed 125 to 130 militants in the “hinterland” of the Kashmir Valley and 190 militants in the whole of Jammu and Kashmir.
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