Militants hide inside Kashmir mosque after gunbattle

By IANS,

Jammu : Security forces Saturday laid a cordon around a mosque in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir where three militants hid themselves after a gunfight with the forces, police said.


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The militants were being chased by security forces in the remote mountainous area of Keshwan in Kishtwar district, about 210 km north east of Jammu. They entered a nearby mosque to take shelter after a gunbattle with the forces.

“We have laid a cordon around the mosque. We have to proceed very cautiously

with this operation as the militants have taken shelter in the mosque,” said a police official.

He said the militants could belong to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

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