Srinagar Oct 9 (IANS) Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed on Monday in a gunfight between security forces and militants holed-up in a house in Jammu and Kashmir s Shopian district police said.
Security forces surrounded Gatipora village in Shopian in the afternoon following information about a group of militants hiding there.
"When the security forces closed in on the house in which the militants were hiding the militants opened fire at them triggering a gunfight.
"Three militants have been killed " a police official said.
--IANS
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