Lagatar24 Desk
Srinagar, July 11: In an encounter on Monday in the Wandakpora neighbourhood of Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir, security forces killed two terrorists. Kaiser Koka, a terrorist, was neutralised in the encounter, according to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, but the name of the second terrorist was still unknown.
Security forces also seized evidence-related items, weapons, and ammo, including an M-4 Carbine rifle and a pistol made in the United States.
#AwantiporaEncounterUpdate: #Terrorist Kaiser Koka #neutralised. Identification of 2nd terrorist being ascertained. #Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 USA made rifle (M-4 Carbine), 01 pistol and other materials have been recovered.@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/LghRwJ27sU
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 11, 2022
A hybrid terrorist member of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the army’s 22 RR in the Baramulla district a few days prior to the start of the encounter. Tilgam Payeen resident Mohd Iqbal Bhat was recognised as a terrorist. At a checkpoint in the Kreeri neighbourhood of Baramulla, he was detained.
