Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in gunfight in Srinagar, say police
The security forces identified the militants as members of terror group Ansar Gazwat-ul Hind, an al-Qaeda affiliate.
Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Srinagar’s Nowgam area on Wednesday, the authorities said.
The Kashmir Zone Police said that the two militants were members of terror group Ansar Gazwat-ul Hind, an al-Qaeda affiliate. They were identified as Aijaz Rasool Nazar and Shahid Ahmad alias Abu Hamza.
The militants were involved in an attack on a migrant labourer from West Bengal in Pulwama district on September 2, the police said. The labourer, Muneerul Islam, was shot in Pulwama’s Ugergund Newa area.
Killed #terrorists were affiliated with #terror outfit AGuH & identified as Aijaz Rasool Nazar of Pulwama & Shahid Ahmad @ Abu Hamza. They were involved in recent #terror attack on an outside labourer namely Muneer ul Islam from West Bengal on 2/9/22 in Pulwama: ADGP Kashmir https://t.co/tywlpSKTly
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) September 14, 2022
Last week, the security forces had killed two militants in a gunfight in the Poshkreeri area of Anantnag district. The two militants, Danish Bhat alias Kokab Duree and Basharat Nabi, were identified as the members of Hizbul Mujahideen.