Schools, colleges shut in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore after security forces gun down two militants; curb on mobile internet services

Schools, colleges shut in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore after security forces gun down two militants; curb on mobile internet services

Soldiers from the Rashtriya Rifles, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) started a search operation in Nowpora following a tip-off about the presence of militants there. The militants fired at the security forces, triggering the gunfight.

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Schools, colleges shut in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore after security forces gun down two militants; curb on mobile internet services

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore.

Police said they were killed in Nowpora village in Tujjar area. “Searches are still going on in the area,” a police officer said. Authorities had closed educational institutions and suspended mobile internet services in Sopore town earlier in the day after the exchange of firing began.

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Soldiers from the Rashtriya Rifles, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) started a search operation in Nowpora following a tip-off about the presence of militants there. The militants fired at the security forces, triggering the gunfight.

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