Police on Tuesday said a foreign militant involved in the killing of two municipal councilorsand a policeman in Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in March is currently trapped at the site of a gunfight with security forces underway in the area.
The gunfight broke out at Nathipora area of Sopore this afternoon as per police.
A police spokesperson while confirming about the exchange of fire on Twitter, said that the foreign militant involved in the March 29 attack on a group of councilors at Sopore town was trapped in the gunfight.
One foreign #terrorist involved in #killing of two councillors and a policeman, is trapped in the #encounter: IGP Kashmir @JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/qHK50NC8cd
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) May 4, 2021
While a councilor and the policeman were killed instantly in the attack, a second councilor succumbed to his injuries a day later.