| Encounter breaks out between militants, security forces at Shopian | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: An encounter broke out today between militants and security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said.
The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Turkwangam village of Shopian following information about presence of militants there, he said.
The official said a gunfight broke out between the ultras and the security forces, which was going on when the reports last came in.
Meanwhile, a group of youngsters assembled near the encounter site and started pelting stones at the security forces, he said.
Four civilians were injured, one of them critically, on Wednesday in clashes with the security forces near a gunfight site in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
Police said security forces laid cordon around Turkawangam village in Shopian following information about the presence of a group of militants there, but came under fire from the hiding militants, sparking of a gunfight.
"At this, youth resorted to heavy stone pelting in the security forces to break the cordon. Tear smoke shells and pellets were used to quell the protests," a police officer said.
Doctors in Shopian district hospital said four civilians had reported with injuries at the hospital.
"Three injured persons had gunshot injuries. One of them identified as Inayat has sustained critical injuries," said a doctor. |
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