{"id":302484,"date":"2018-09-11T05:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T05:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302484"},"modified":"2018-09-11T05:22:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T05:22:58","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir-two-terrorists-killed-in-encounter-in-kupwara-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jammu-and-kashmir-two-terrorists-killed-in-encounter-in-kupwara-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists killed in encounter in Kupwara district"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301653\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pakistani-forces-violate-ceasefire-along-loc-in-uri-in-jammu-and-kashmir\/army-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-301653\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301653\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Army-1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Army-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Army-1.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representational Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Two terrorists were gunned down by security forces on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s Kupwara district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The encounter took place at Galoora area of Handwara, in the north Kashmir district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kashmir police on its official twitter handle said, &#8220;Handwara encounter: Two terrorists killed and search continues. Details will follow.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sources says, the identity and group affiliation of the terrorists is yet to be ascertained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Galoora &#8212; an area in Handwara early Tuesday morning following specific information about the presence of terrorists there, the official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired upon the forces, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Saturday, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in an encounter with the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Achabal block of Anantnag district.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two terrorists were gunned down by security forces on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s Kupwara district. The encounter took place at Galoora area of Handwara, in the north Kashmir district. Kashmir police on its official twitter handle said, &#8220;Handwara encounter: Two terrorists killed and search continues. Details will follow.&#8221; Sources says, the identity and group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":301653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[4889,3483,1141,4168],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302487,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302484\/revisions\/302487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}