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SRINAGAR: Three Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorists and a Army soldier were killed on Saturday in a shooting in Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama Districtsaid the police.
A search operation was launched by security forces on a specific contribution on the presence of terrorists in the village of Zadoora in South Kashmira police spokesman said.
He said that during the operation, when the presence of terrorists was determined, they were given the opportunity to surrender. However, the terrorists fired at the joint search group of the retaliatory forces.
In the encounter that followed, three terrorists were killed and their bodies recovered from the site, the spokesman said.
He identified them as Adil Hafiz, Arshid Ahmad Dar and Rouf Ahmad Mir, all residents of Pulwama and affiliated with the banned terrorist group HM.
During the encounter, an Army Jawan also received serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment, where he succumbed, the spokesman said.
He said the murdered terrorists had a long history of terrorist crimes and were part of groups involved in the planning and execution of various militant attacks in the area, including attacks on police and security establishments.
According to police records, Hafiz was involved in a case related to an attack on a Naka group of forces at Prichoo Bridge in which one member of the police was killed and another was injured, the spokesman said.
Said taking into account the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic and to guarantee the safety of the people against the risk of contracting the infection, the bodies of the terrorists will be sent to Baramulla for burial after completing all the medico-legal formalities.
The closest relatives of the killed terrorists could participate in the last rites in Baramulla, the spokesman added.
From the place of the meeting, incriminating materials, including weapons and ammunition, were recovered and taken to the case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terrorist crimes, he said.
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