Srinagar: Three terrorists were shot dead by security forces in an overnight encounter that broke out on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday evening.
A soldier was injured in the operation that lasted over 17 hours.
The security forces launched a search operation on Saturday evening after receiving specific information about the presence of terrorists at a house at Mujgund village, around 11 kms from Srinagar.
During the operation, security forces blew up five residential houses while trying to neutralise the terrorists, who kept moving from house to house to evade the security forces.
A police spokesman said arms, ammunition and other incriminating material was recovered from the encounter site.
Clashes between security forces and protesters erupted soon after the encounter.
The police have appealed people not to venture into the encounter site until the area has been sanitised from explosive material.
