Five militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Sugoo Hendhama area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said.
“Five unidentified militants ;have been) killed in Shopian. Operation underway,” said police on Twitter.
Mobile Internet has been suspended in the Shopian district as a precautionary measure, said an official.
The gunfight broke out after a joint team of the police, army and the CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in village early today.