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At least five terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, who recently infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir, were gunned down by security forces within two days.
The encounter took place at Sumblar area in north Kashmir's Bandipora district. Police said the five had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) recently and were on their way to other parts of the Valley.
While two terrorists were killed on Thursday, the remaining three were shot dead by the security forces on Friday.
Troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group (SOG) of state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had started a cordon and search operation in Sumlar village of Bandipora after specific information about the presence of militants on Thursday.
"As the cordon was tightened, hiding militants fired triggering an encounter", police had said.
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