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2 Dead Bodies Recovered from Sopore Encounter Site- Police

September 13

SHABIR KHAN

Two Unidentified dead bodies have been recovered at the gunfight site in Teleyan locality of Arampora in Sopore region of North Kashmir’s Baramulla District, a Police official told The Kashmiriyat.

He said that the forces had conducted search operations in the area during which Militants opened fire on the forces, triggering a gunfight.

Sources told The Kashmiriyat that after a gunfight of nearly five hours, the forces managed to kill two Militants holed up in a residential house.

During the search operation, two bodies have been recovered and as per initial reports, one of them has been identified as Usman, a foreign Militant, however officials are yet to confirm anything.

The identity of the Militants is being ascertained, an official said.