*Tral Gunfight: Militant killed, search on*
Tral, Sep 24 A militant has been killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Machoma Bhagandar area of Tral on Thursday morning.
An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an unidentified militant has been killed while as search operation is on in the area.
Earlier an official said that a joint team of Police, army’s 42 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.
He said that as the joint teams of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter—(KNO)
