Defence

Two Lashkar-E-Taiba Terrorists Shot Dead By Security Forces In Encounter In J&K's Shopian District

Swarajya StaffOct 10, 2023, 11:27 AM | Updated 11:27 AM IST
Security forces in Shopian. (The New Indian Express)

Security forces in Shopian. (The New Indian Express)


Two terrorists associated with the banned terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were fatally shot during an encounter with security forces, in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Tuesday (10 October).


"Two terrorists killed. Search going on. Further details shall follow," stated the Kashmir Zone Police in a post on X.

The police asserted that one of the deceased LeT terrorist had a role in the killing of the bank guard Sanjay Sharma, earlier this year.


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