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Amid clashes in Shopian, the Army continued its operation till 3 am, but the militants could not be neutralised because of the volatile situation which provided the militants an opportunity to escape before being killed by the security forces

According to the officials, the operation started on Tuesday evening after they received specific input about terrorists hiding in Tazipora village of Kulgam district. 

According to reports, students of two institutions in Kashmir tried to block the road outside the campus. When the security forces retaliated, an intense clash broke out. 

According to sources, the encounter is taking place in the forest area of Khundru Khazean. Forces received information that three to four terrorists are in the forest area after which, a flush out operation was launched.

While Naxals are consistently using IEDs to target security forces, Indian Army and the paramilitary forces are also facing a tough time in Jammu and Kashmir as terror outfits have also started using explosive devices

According to senior officials, Musa's messages and videos are being circulated widely. Terrorists are using this as a trigger for fresh recruits. Funeral pictures of Musa, in which people participated by the thousands, have gone viral

According to the police, a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) engaged in anti-naxal operation entered into an encounter with ultras in the forest of Hiroli falling in limits of Kirandul police station. 

According to the officials, operatives of IS are trying to make some base in southern India and terror infected Kashmir region

Zakir Musa was the head of the Ansar Ghazwatul Hind. He was persuaded to surrender but is said to have retaliated and fired back at the forces
 

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

An encounter had broken out between terrorists and troops of 130 Battalion CRPF, 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operations Group (SOG) at 2.10 AM. 
 

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

According to reports, the encounter broke out after a joint team of army’s 44 RR, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operations in Hendow village
 

Three top JeM terrorists, who were involved in several cases in past, were reportedly killed. One of the terrorists, Khalid, was active since the past eight years in Kashmir