The encounter happened late last night in Bemina area of the city, officials claimed, including that a person of the terrorists was a Pakistani nationwide.
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, that were reportedly planning to attack the Amarnath Yatra, were killed in an overnight experience with safety and security forces in Srinagar, the cops stated today.
The encounter occurred late last evening in Bemina area of the city, officials said, including that one of the terrorists was a Pakistani nationwide.
One policeman has actually also gotten small injuries in the experience, they claimed.
Vijay Kumar, Examiner General of Authorities, Kashmir area claimed that both the terrorists were tasked by their handlers in Pakistan to assault the Amarnath Yatra, which begins on June 30.
“Pakistan-based handlers had sent two Pakistani terrorists of LeT terror attire in addition to one neighborhood terrorist Adil Hussain Mir of Pahalgam Anantnag, that has actually been in Pakistan since 2018 (currently all 3 killed), with the intent to assault Yatra” tweeted Mr Kumar.
This is the 3rd encounter in current weeks in Kashmir when authorities said that the killed terrorists were preparing to target the Amarnath Yatra.
The security of trip stays a major issue for the government.
Last month, a blast in a bus bring Vaishno Devi pilgrims near Katra in Jammu eliminated 4 pilgrims and also harmed over 20.
The situation is being jointly penetrated by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and the authorities.
Making use of sticky bombs by terrorists has ended up being a brand-new challenge for the security pressures.
According to cops, over 100 terrorists have been eliminated because January this year in Kashmir Valley which is greater than increase the number of terrorists eliminated in the matching period in 2014.
Of these 100, more than 70 per cent were neighborhood recruits, which is a grim suggestion of a sharp rise in the number of Kashmiri young people joining terrorism.
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Last Updated: 14 June 2022
