Police said the three terrorists were killed by the joint security forces of the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police on Friday morning after spending the night in Srinagar.

According to police officials, one of the killed terrorists has been identified as Suhail Ahmad Rather, who belonged to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist organization. Officials said that they are currently identifying the other three terrorists, adding that weapons, ammunition and other guilty materials have been recovered from the scene.

Kashmir Police Inspectorate Vijay Kumar (Vijay Kumar) said: “A terrorist identified as Suhail Ahmed Rather is connected to the terrorist organization JeM. Two other unidentified terrorists are in It was wiped out in Srinagar’s encounter with the security forces late at night.”

“Recovered criminal materials including weapons and ammunition.”

“As revealed in the press conference yesterday, the terrorist Sohail was also involved in the Zewan terrorist attack. All the terrorists who participated in the Zewan attack have been wiped out,” the Kashmir regional police quoted Kumar as saying on Twitter. According to officials familiar with the developments, about four security forces personnel-including three policemen and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)-were also injured in the encounter at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar at midnight. .

In this encounter, as many as 9 terrorists were killed in 3 different encounters in the past 24 hours.

15th Army Commander-in-Chief (GOC) Lieutenant General DP Pandey said on Friday that attempts to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir from the other side of the border have decreased this year, adding that terrorist organizations are trying to recruit for 15-16 years.

Vijay Kumar said on Thursday that the number of active terrorists in the valley has fallen to less than 200, and the number of active local terrorists has fallen to less than 100, the first time in history.

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