First in 14 years! Two militants killed in Anantnag
First in 14 years! Two militants killed in Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir In the first gunfight in the town in 14 years, the security forces gunned down two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in Anantnag. The slain militants were identified as Bilal Ahmad Dar (alias Binyamin Dar) of Khodweni in Kulgam district and Abid Hussain Bhat of Suzan village in Doda district. Dar had been among militant ranks for a year now, while Bhat joined the outfit on July 1. The gunfight started in the wee hours in Mehman Mohalla locality of Lal Chowk in Anantnag. The area was cordoned off and searches were conducted for several hours. “They were holed up in a house,” police sources said. The body of the local militant was handed over to his family at Khodweni. -PTC News
