After 66 hrs, Sopore gunbattle ends
SRINAGAR: Sixty-six hours after it ensued, the gunbattle one of the fieriest in the recent times between the security forces and the holed-up terrorists in north Kashmirs Sopore, ended with the killing of the second militant on Sunday.
The gunbattle started on Thursday when a group of LeT militants tried to storm a CRPF camp in Sopore but failed. Two of the terrorists then took shelter inside a nearby hotel, while the other two managed to flee. The security forces managed to kill a terrorist on Saturday, while the other holed-up militant continued to resist.
Posted by: john frum 2007-11-12 |