Srinagar March 21 (IANS) A militant and four security personnel were killed on Wednesday in an ongoing gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir s Kupwara district police said. Four militants were killed on Tuesday.
Police sources said two policemen and two soldiers were killed in the nearly 30-hour gunfight which started in Halmatpora forest area on Tuesday.
"The policemen have been identified as Deepak Pandit and Muhammad Yusuf. The operation is still going on " a source said.
The bodies of three militants were recovered on Tuesday and the fourth was found on Wednesday while another was killed.
The gunfight started when a group of militants hiding in the Halmatpora forest area fired upon personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles and the state police s Special Operations Group.
Additional forces were rushed to the site to cordon off the area after the gunfight broke out.
--IANS
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