5 LeT, HM ultras killed in J&K encounter

KULGAM: As many as five terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul Mujahideen were killed in an encounter that took place here earlier on Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir police said in an official release on Sunday. The deceased terrorists, the police said, have been identified as Waseem Ahmad Rather, Aqib Nazir Mir, Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, Idrees Ahmad Bhat, and Zahid Ahmad Parray. They were wanted by the law for their complicity in a series of terror crimes including attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities.