Top Harkat-ul-Mujahideen terrorist killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam
Quoting IGP Kashmir, the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, "Top terrorist and HM's district commander Shakir Nazar who was active since 2018 killed along with two other terrorists. A big success."
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Earlier on Wednesday, the Resistance Front (TRF) commander was killed among five terrorists in twin encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, said the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Two of them killed in Pombai were identified as Shakir Najar, Deputy District Commander of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HM), and Sumair Najar affiliated with a proscribed terror outfit HM and TRF respectively.
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In the Gopalpora area, two terrorists were killed and their bodies were recovered from the site of the encounter. They have been identified as Aafaq Sikander Lone, District commander of TRF's son and Irfan Mushtaq Lone. The police also recovered one AK-47 rifle and one pistol.
-PTC News
