2 Soldiers, Militant killed in Samboora gunfight, 6 CRPF men injured in Anantnag ambush

A militant and two army soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Samboora village of Pulwama district on Thursday, even as two other militants are believed to have escaped from the encounter site. A senior police official said that following a “specific input” about presence of militants in Samboora, a joint team of army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and J&K police cordoned off the area and started searches. The militants, hiding in a residential house, resorted to “indiscriminate” firing on the forces which was retaliated to, triggering…

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