By IANS
Srinagar : Security forces gunned down three guerrillas of Lashkar-e-Taiba in a south Kashmir village Monday, the police said.
Troopers of 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) laid a cordon around Manzgam, 80 km from here in south Kashmir Kulgam district, after a tip off about the presence of militants there, said a police spokesman here.
“While the troopers were busy searching the village, militants opened fire at the joint search parties of the RR and the police,” the spokesman said.
“The fire was returned, and in the sustained gunfight that ended late this (Monday) afternoon, all the three holed up militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed,” the spokesman told IANS.
He said that two of the slain guerrillas were Pakistanis.
Search operation in the area was still on as the police claimed to have recovered one AK-47 rifle the encounter site.