Three Jaish terrorists and Army major killed in Pulwama attack

SRINAGAR: Three Jaish terrorists, including a Pakistani commander of the group linked to the February 14 CRPF bombing, and an Army major were among nine people killed in a 16-hour encounter in Pulwama district on Monday, officials said.

At least nine security personnel, including a brigade commander and a Lieutenant Colonel and a Deputy Inspector General of the Jammu and Kashmir police, were injured in the gun battle in Pulwama’s Pinglan area, about 12 km from where a suicide bomber belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed drove his explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus last week, killing 40 jawans.

The Pinglan encounter claimed the lives of four Army personnel, a policeman, three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists and a civilian, the officials said.

Two of the slain terrorists were identified as Kamran, a Pakistani national and top commander of the Jaish, and Hilal Ahmad, a local recruited by the terror group, they said, adding the identity of the third is being ascertained. (AGENCIES)

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