Pulwama: A soldier was killed and two security personnel were injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir`s Pulwama early Tuesday morning. One of the two terrorists holed up in a house was shot dead, police said. A joint security operation by the Central Reserve Police Force`s (CRPF) 183 Battalion, army`s Rashtriya Rifles unit and the Jammu and Kashmir Police began at around 5:30 am. A soldier and a policeman were injured during the gunfire.

Last week, a terrorist, who had killed a CRPF jawan and  a six-year-old boy in Jammu and Kashmir`s Anantnag on June 26, was shot dead in an encounter in Srinagar. Security personnel had launched a search operation for Zahid Dass ever since he managed to escape on June 26. A CRPF jawan also lost his life in the line of duty during the Srinagar encounter. Forty-eight terrorists were killed last month in separate encounters.Last month, J&K police chief Dilbag Singh said that more than 100 terrorists have been killed this year. "During the last five-and-a-half months, over 100 terrorists have been neutralised, out of them 50 plus were from the Hizbul Mujahideen, around 20 from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, 20 from the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the rest from smaller outfits like Al-Badr, Ansar Gazwatul Hind," Mr Singh said.

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