J&Ok: Militant holed up inside mosque in Shopian after in a single day gunfight

At least one militant is believed to have taken refuge in a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday, after an in a single day encounter with safety forces, whilst two ultras have been gunned down in Pulwama district’s Tral area.
The encounter in Shopian city broke out on Thursday night and has now changed into a stand-off, police stated, including three militants have been killed and 4 safety forces personnel injured.
“Brother of holed up #terrorist & local Imamsahab sent inside mosque to persuade the #terrorists to come out & #surrender. Efforts are on to save the mosque,” the police stated in a tweet.
In an earlier tweet, the police had stated that the chief of terror outfit Ansar Ghazwatul Hind was amongst these trapped.
“Chief of proscribed #terrorist outfit AGuH (JeM) trapped,” it learn.
In a separate encounter in Tral space of Pulwama on Friday morning, two unidentified militants have been gunned down by safety personnel, the police added.