Srinagar: A total of five militants have been gunned down in two fierce encounters in south Kashmir. Joint operations are still continuing in Pampore and Shopian since Thursday night. Three militants have been killed so far and the bodies have been retrieved from the Pampore encounter site. In Shopian, the operations are still on where two militants are still trapped.

In the Pampore gunbattle between militants and security forces, commandos of the Special Operations Group failed to convince the militants to surrender and the forces then entered a mosque. Two militants were holed up inside the mosque since Thursday morning and the gunbattle has continued since then. All three militants in the Pampore encounter have been killed. J&K Police DGP Dilbag Singh said, “Both the ongoing operations resumed in the morning today. At Meej Pampore, after the killings of one militant, two others entered the local Jamia Mosque which is a huge structure. Forces have exercised restraint and only limited tactics have been used. Operation team is on the job.”

Kashmir Police IG said, "The Pampore operation took time but forces maintained the sanctity of the mosque. Both terrorists hiding inside the mosque have been killed. The operation is over."

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