2 terrorists killed in encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area

NEW DELHI: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday.

The encounter broke out early morning in the Satora area of Tral. A counter-operation is currently underway.

On July 9, a CRPF jawan was injured when terrorists hurled a grenade inside a security forces' camp in Tral's Aribal town.

Security forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police have killed 102 terrorists this year, making it the highest number of killings in the January-July period in seven years.

Most of the encounters have taken place in south Kashmir's Pulwama, Shopian and Anantnag districts while others have taken place in Bandipora and Kupwara in north Kashmir and Budgam in central Kashmir, a police official said.