Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have folied fidayeen (suicide) attack by killing three terrorists in the last 24 hours. According to police, a member of proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind, who was assigned to carry out a fidayeen attack in Srinagar, was killed in the city today.The slain terrorists include a top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who was killed along with one more ultra in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district yesterday.The terrorist killed in Srinagar was a relative of one of the accused in the February 2019 suicide attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora, in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost their lives.”#Terrorist killed in #Srinagar #Encounter identified as Aamir Riyaz of Khrew #Pulwama affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind. He was relative of one of the accused of #LethporaTerrorAttack and was assigned to carry out fidayeen attack,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar wrote on Twitter.The encounter in Srinagar broke out on Thursday evening in the Hamdaniya Colony area of Bemina. An AK rifle, along with some ammunition, was seized from the site of the encounter after the slain terrorist’s body was recovered.Claiming responsibility for an attack, the Mujahideen Ghazwatul Hind said three of its cadres “attacked the CRPF camp”.
