Six militants of the Al Qaeda-affiliate Zakir Musa’s group Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, including its Kashmiri deputy, were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the Defence Ministry said. “Six terrorists have been killed in the Tral area encounter. According to sources, the militants killed in the operation belonged to the banned outfit Ansar Ghazwatul-Hind. The bodies of all the slain militants along with as many weapons and other arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession," said the police. Preliminary reports suggest the six militants belonged to the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind militant outfit.

Source: The Hindu December 22, 2018 04:24 UTC