Srinagar May 27 (IANS) Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed on Saturday in south Kashmir s Pulwama district in an ongoing operation with security forces police said.
The bodies were recovered from the site in Saimoh village Tral town.
One body was identified as that of Sabzar Bhat alias Abu Zarar who had succeeded former Hizbul commander Burhan Wani who was killed on July 8 2016 in Anantnag district.
Search operation is still ongoing the police said.
Earlier police said three militants were holed up inside a house in the village and when challenged the gunfight began.
The house in which the militants were holed up has been demolished according to reports from the area.
On Friday evening a patrol party of 42 Rashtriya Rifles was fired at by militants in Tral but there were no casualties in the brief encounter that end ed when militants fled from the spot.
--IANS
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Two militants killed in Kashmir gunfight (Lead)
