While this encounter took place on Friday afternoon, militants in another part of the state laid an ambush and killed six policemen and also disfigured their bodies. (Representational image) While this encounter took place on Friday afternoon, militants in another part of the state laid an ambush and killed six policemen and also disfigured their bodies. (Representational image)Bodies of three militants, including Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Junaid Mattoo, killed in an encounter on Friday were recovered from Arwani in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, new agency ANI reported. The site of this attack was about 17 km from the Arwani encounter site. Senior police officials believe the ambush was carried out to avenge the killing of the militants holed up in Arwani village.

Source: Indian Express June 17, 2017 03:25 UTC