Handwara encounter over; 4 terrorists, commando killed

September 03, 2015 10:23

Four terrorists and a paramilitary commando have been killed in an encounter in Drail (Vilegam)area in north Kashmir's Handwara district.

The encounter is over and the area is now being sanitised.

The encounter comes a day after a soldier and a Hizbul Mujahideen guerrilla were killed in a gun battle in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.

The slain militant was later identified as Riyaz Ahmed, a resident of Sopore.

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