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The encounter broke out when BSF personnel laid a cordon around Kunzer village, about 30 km from Srinagar on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road, on Friday morning following specific information about the presence of some JeM ultras there, they said.
Hiding militants opened fire on the search party, which was conducting house-to-house searches, in an attempt to escape the security cordon. The troops fired back and engaged the ultras in a fierce encounter, sources said.
Army reinforcements joined BSF forces in the operation and two militants were killed in the encounter, they said. The identity of the slain ultras was being ascertained.
The encounter continued for nearly six-hours despite rains and snow that lashed several parts of the valley, they said.
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