A militant affiliated with Islamic State J&K (ISJK) was killed during a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning.
The security forces began a cordon and search operation at Amshipora-Ramnagri village in Shopian, around 60 km south of Srinagar, following information about the presence of militants there.
Police sources identified the militant as Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi, a resident of Sopore area of Baramulla in north Kashmir.
"The hiding militants fired at the security forces triggering an encounter in which one militant was killed," a police spokesman said, adding that arms and ammunition were recovered.
