He said the security forces will first remove the body of the slain army soldier, which was lying close to the house.
“Search of the debris will be conducted afterwards and the total number of militants killed can be confirmed only after the sifting operation is complete,” he added.
Shopian is part of the Anantnag Parliamentary constituency and the encounter took place a day after militants carried out an attack on a polling party escorted by police and CRPF in the district at the end of the voting on Thursday.
One polling officer was killed while five others including three security personnel were injured in the incident.
