JK News Today
Srinagar, March 22:
All the five terrorists killed in Halmatpora encounter in Kupwara were foreigners and belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba, according to a senior police officer.
Inspector General of Police , Kashmir Zone, S P Pani confirmed to reporters that the terrorists with whom the encounter lasted for two days since Tuesday were foreigners and from LeT. He was talking to reporters on the side lines of wreath laying ceremony of the policemen killed in the encounter that is tagged as the biggest one of this year.
Halmatpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was very difficult task for the forces.
He said that the search is still going on.
Asked about the identification of the militants, the IGP Kashmir Range informed that all the militants were foreigners and the material that was recovered there indicate that they were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
He also informed that a huge arms and ammunition was recovered from the encounter site at Kupwara.
