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Gunfight Erupts Again In South Kashmir’s Bijbehara
Swarajya Staff
Dec 09, 2016, 12:22 PM | Updated 12:22 PM IST
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Gunfight between holed up militants and security forces near south Kashmir's Bijbehara broke out once again early on Friday. A police official said: "Firing exchanges again erupted in Arwani village between the security forces and the militants after the combing operation was re-started this morning (Friday)."
Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were killed in the area on Thursday (8 December). So far, dead bodies have not been recovered from the site as protesters from neighbouring areas rushed to Hassanpoora village of Bijbehara town after news spread about the death of three local militants.
According to Kashmir Life, people from Qaimoh and Khudwani rushed towards the encounter site on Thursday to help the militants escape from the area.
LeT commander Abu Dujana, one of the most wanted militants in the state, was earlier rumoured to be among the gunmen holed up in the house that was targeted by the security forces. Locals said he escaped from the hideout in Hassanpoora village which lies close to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's ancestral Bijbehara town.
With inputs from IANS
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