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Bandipora gunfight ends, five militants associated with LeT killed, says Police

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The gunfight which has been raging since yesterday afternoon in Bandipora has come to an end with the killing of five militants, the police has said.

The cops said that the slain militants were associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba

In a statement police said, ” In an encounter at Shukbaba area in Sumlar village of Bandipora, security forces today eliminated all the five terrorists. The killed terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Apparently they were part of freshly infiltrated group. Huge quantity of arms, ammunition and incriminating material was recovered from the site of encounter.”

The identity of the militants is yet to be established.

Police has registered a case and investigation is going on.

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