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| Pulwama siege ends | | | Early Times Repoter
Jammu | Sep 30
With the killing of two holed up militants of Hizb-ul Mujahideen militants hiding inside a village mosque in Pulwama district, the security forces ended the siege that began yesterday.
'The operation has ended. The mosque was partially damaged. The two holed up militants, belonging to Hizb-ul Mujahideen, were gunned down by the security forces this afternoon,' a Police spokesman said.
The militants. hiding inside the mosque in Tujan village in Pulwama, 45 km from here, were gunned down by troops of the 53 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group (SOG) of the state police. 'Security forces are still busy searching the area.'
Troops surrounded Tujan village Saturday afternoon on specific information about the presence of the guerrillas.
As the security forces started searching the village, the militants opened fire at them, provoking return fire. The two militants then entered the village mosque, which the forces immediately surrounded.
Meanwhile, a Deputy Commander of armed police today escaped unhurt in an attack by militants in Poonch district, official sources said.
Militants, from a hill top, opened indiscriminate firing on the vehicle of the deputy commandant of the armed police Ramesh Angral at Sawani area of Poonch district, they said. |
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