Majid Jahangir
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, December 4

Two unidentified militants and a soldier were killed in a firefight between militants and security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An Army jawan has also been injured in the gunfight.
The gun battle is ongoing.
Sources said that encounter broke in Bawan Rajwar forest area in Handwara, some 90 kms from here, after a joint team of Army and police intercepted a group of heavily armed militants in the area Friday afternoon.
“In gunfight so far two unidentified militants and an Army jawan have got killed,” a security official in Srinagar said.
The identity of the slain soldier could not be established immediately.
The security official said more militants were believed to be hiding in the area. Additional troops have been sent to the fight zone.