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According to reports, the gunfight is going on in the forest area of Yarwan in Shopian. It is believed that two to three militants are trapped there
 

In 2010, as many as 270 militants were killed in action by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The number reduced to 119 in 2011. Then in 2012, 84 ultras were killed, 100 in 2013, 110 (2014), 113 (2015), 165 (2016) and 218 last year

Terror outfits have already threatened to boycott polls. Coincidentally the 17th day of Ramzan is on May 23, and even in past militants have chosen the 17th day of Ramzan, which is also the day of the battle of Jang-e-Badr, to attack security installations in the Valley.
 

Sources quoting the police personnel told MyNation that the security force personnel took the man who was found with explosives for questioning to ascertain the motive behind the explosives, and where he brought these explosives from

Assam chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took to Twitter to condemn the blast and directed “DGP to immediately apprehend the culprits and ensure the security of common people.”

The exact number of terrorists hiding in the areas could not be established as the operation is still on. However, an army spokesperson confirmed that two militants have been killed in the encounter so far.

Three Hizbul Mujahiddin militants, including Lateef Tiger, who was the only surviving militant of the Burhan Wani group was killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian

Earlier on Wednesday morning, the naxals had set 27 machines and vehicles at a road construction site in Kurkheda on fire. 

In an IED attack by Naxals 16 jawans have been killed on Wednesday in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. The incident happened when a team of the C-60 squad commandoes, an anti-naxal unit, was patrolling the Kurkheda-Korchi road

Recently, addressing a joint press conference in Srinagar, GoC KJS Dhillon and DGP Dilbagh Singh said that many youths returned to the mainstream and their identity stands protected.

‘They were undoubtedly militants… RAB had to fire 150 rounds of bullets to bring the situation under control,’ said the Rapid Action Battalion of the Rapid Action Battalion, describing his department’s encounter with terrorists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday
 

15 people have lost their lives, including six suspected terrorists and nine civilians in a shootout between Sri Lankan police and suspected terrorists in Kalmunai.
 

The duo was killed in a gunfight, which ensued after the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles and Kashmir Police SoG launched a cordon and search operation in Baagandar Mohalla following inputs about the presence of the militants in the area

According to a senior security official, massive flush-out drives were carried on the ground to eliminate the militants involved in the Pulwama attack. Among the terrorists who were neutralised, 27 belonged to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) – the terror organisation backed by Pakistan.

 

According to reports, as the jawans were conducting the search, militants fired upon them. A gun battle ensued when the security forces retaliated.