Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir): The security forces on Tuesday morning killed two terrorists in an encounter in the Chaktaras Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
The terrorists got killed belong to the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The Kashmir Zone Police reportedly said that one of the terrorist was a Pakistani national named Tufail.
The encounter between the terrorists and security forces started early in the morning today.
A tweet by the Kashmir Zone Police said: " #KupwaraEncounterUpdate: Two #terrorists of proscribed #terror outfit LeT including one #Pakistani terrorist namely Tufail killed. Search still going on: IGP Kashmir"
On Monday another terrorist affiliated to the LeT was killed in Baaramulla district.
Unrest continues in the region following the targeted killing of Kashmiri Pandits by the terrorists.