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Terrorist killed in Poonch, gun battle on

By IANS,

Jammu: At least one terrorist was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Sunday after security forces raided their hideout in a jungle. The gun battle between the two sides stretched late into the night.

An army spokesman said that troops raided a hideout of terrorists located deep in the Narole forests in the Mendhar area, 230 km north-east of Jammu, Sunday evening.

One terrorist was killed. His identity is yet to be ascertained.

Security forces were engaged in a gun battle with the remaining terrorists, said to number three to four, the spokesman added.