Gunfight rages in south #Kashmir's #Shopian https://t.co/YPFHAgegzy
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) June 7, 2022
An encounter broke out between holy warriors and security forces in Badimarg/Aloora area of south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Shopian district on Tuesday.
"Encounter has started in the orchards of Badimarg/ Aloora area of #Shopian. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow, " a police front man said.
The encounter is believed to have started after a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in the area.
The number of trapped holy warriors was not immediately known.
Four arrested in #Shopian vehicle blast case: police https://t.co/g1E3aYKSu5 pic.twitter.com/XqIO2AqQ7u
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) June 7, 2022
Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four terrorists allegedly involved in the IED explosion in a private vehicle in Sedow area of south Kashmir's Shopian district that left a soldier dead and three others injured.