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LeT militant killed after fierce gun-battle in Sopore

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 15:25 IST

Security personnel cordon off the house where the militants are hiding. All photographs: Umar Ganie

A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant was killed in a six-hour-long gun-battle with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir Baramulla district, the police said.

An encounter broke out between security forces and the LeT militant, holed up in a house Chanakhan area of Sopore, following a cordon and search operation, the police said.

A security personnel keeps vigil at the encounter site

The lone militant was killed after exchanging fire with security forces for nearly six hours, the police said. "The body of the militant has been recovered and he was affiliated to Lashkar," a police official said. The ultra has been identified as Abu Huzaifa, he said. Some arms and ammunition were also recovered from the gun-battle spot.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar