July 19, 2018 05:22 pm | Updated 10:47 pm IST - Srinagar
Google Maps image locates Handwara in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was killed in a counter-militancy operation in Handwara, north Kashmir, on Thursday.
A police spokesman said security forces cordoned off Batapora village after receiving ‘credible leads’ on the presence of militants. . “During searches, a militant opened fire and the search party retaliated. In the encounter that followed, the militant, who was identified as a Pakistani national, was killed,” said the police.
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