Zoom News : Feb 19, 2022, 10:45 AM
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in South Kashmir's Shopian on Saturday morning. A senior officer of Kashmir Zone Police said that the encounter took place at Chermarg in Zainapora area of Shopian. An unidentified terrorist has been killed in this action. A search operation is being conducted by the jawans in the area.He said that on information about the hiding of terrorists in the area, a joint team of police, army and CRPF launched a search operation here. As the team moved towards the suspected spot, the terrorists hiding there started firing on them. One terrorist was killed in retaliation.Earlier on Friday, terrorists carried out a grenade attack in Khwaja Bazar of Nowhatta area of Srinagar. A police personnel was injured in the attack. The blast of a grenade hurled on the road broke the glass of three nearby shops and an auto was also damaged. Soon after the attack, police and security forces launched a joint operation in search of the attackers.At the same time, on Thursday evening in Shopian, terrorists had hurled a grenade at the CRPF block, in which a vehicle was damaged.