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A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Fressipora village in Rajpora area of the south Kashmir district following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, they said.
They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the forces, who retaliated.
Body of one terrorist was retrieved. Identification being ascertained. Arms, ammunition & incriminating material recovered. Search going on. Further details awaited: Kashmir Zone Police told ANI
Why Pulwama a worry?
In the afternoon of February 14, 2019, a Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorist rammed an explosives-laden car into a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Lethpora, a village in Pulwama, on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. The attack targeted two buses in the convoy, and killed 40 personnel.
