Srinagar, June 06, KDC: A Pakistani Lashkar-i-Toiba militant was killed in a gunfight at Zaloora area of North Kashmir’s Sopore on Monday, police said.
A top police officer told KDC that one militant resident of Pakistan associated with LeT was killed in a gunfight.
Meanwhile during initial exchange of firing two Pakistani militants and a local militant escaped, hunt for them is on, the top cop said.
As per the documents recovered from the killed Pakistani militant, he has been identified as Hanzalla of Lahore. One AK rifle, 05 magazines along with ammunition has been recovered, police said.
Earlier a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in the area.
As the joint team of forces zeroed towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired on the joint team, which was retaliated triggering off a gunfight. (KDC)