Two LeT terrorists killed in Kashmir gunfight

Srinagar, Jan 8 : Two separatist guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were Friday killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.

The gunfight in south Kashmir's Khrew village, about 20 km from Srinagar, began after police and counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops surrounded a house on specific information.

"As the security forces challenged the hiding militants, they opened fire. This led to a fierce gunfight which ended after both the holed-up militants were killed," a senior police officer told IANS.

The police officer said the two guerrillas were involved in a recent shooting incident at a posse of police in Pampore town and a car bomb explosion outside the Srinagar central jail here last year.

This gun battle comes a day after a 23-hour-long gunfight between guerrillas and security forces in city centre Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Four people were killed and 10 injured in the earlier incident.

The hotel building, where the two guerrillas of Jamiat-ul-Mujaheedin were holed up, was gutted in a fire incident that started during the 23-hour long gunfight.

Shops and business establishments in Lal Chowk were shut Friday.

Police had to use tear smoke and baton charge to disperse stone pelting youth in Maisuma locality of the city. The youth shouting anti-India slogans took to streets after the Friday prayers in the area.