KNB News Desk
Srinagar 13 December (KNB): The two militants killed in a brief shootout at the Rangreth area of Srinagar have been identified as LeT affiliated militants, one of whom is said to be a local and another purportedly a foreign militant, as per police.
Police in the evening in its statement said that one of the killed militants had been identified as Aadil Ahmad Wani, son of Bashir Ahmad Wani, a resident of Daramdoora Shopian (a Pakistan trained “A” category militant).
Regarding the another slain militant, who was killed in the encounter, police said that as per the credible sources, he was a foreign militant. “Yet the same is being further ascertained. Both the killed militants were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT,” said police in the statement.
The encounter took place in the afternoon today in which two militants were killed in a brief shootout and following which the area saw a massive presence of security personnel.
However, in the aftermath of the encounter, brief clashes also erupted in the area to protest the killings of the duo militants. (KNB)