3 terrorists have been eliminated, 2 have been identified as Pakistani nationals, 1 of them was divisional commande... https://t.co/fZTeBcusjF — ANI (@ANI) 1512451683000SRINAGAR: Three Lashker-e-Taiba terrorists, including two Pakistanis, allegedly responsible for carrying out an attack on Amarnath pilgrims in July this year, were killed in an encounter in South Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.One terrorist, who had managed to flee from the encounter site, was also arrested by the police from a maternity hospital of Anantnag district of South Kashmir, they said.The encounter broke on Monday afternoon when the terrorists opened fire on an Army convoy, on its way to Srinagar, at Qazigund on Jammu-Srinagar national highway. One soldier was killed in the attack while another sustained injuries.The security forces cordoned off the area and launched a hunt for the terrorists. The search operation turned into an encounter with terrorists which ended at 2am this morning, the police said.The police identified the dead terrorists as Yawar Basir, who is a local terrorist, Abu Furqan and Abu Maviya (both foreign terrorists). Basir, hailing from Habiash of Kulgam, joined ranks with Lashker-e-Taiba this year in February after snatching weapon from a policeman.Furqan had taken over as the head of Lashker-e-Taiba in South Kashmir after the death of Abu Ismail, who had led the attack on Amarnath pilgrims in July this year.Police said that all the three, killed on Tuesday, were part of the squad that carried out the attack on yatris on July 10. He was missing since last two days from his house and had joined the Yawar group of LeT.The police said that he was part of the terrorist group when they carried out attack on army at Qazigund yesterday but managed to escape from the site when encounter broke.He had taken shelter at the hospital in Anantnag with the help of one of his associate.According to the police, he along with his associates were intending to snatch weapon from the policemen by attacking them.

Source: Times of India December 05, 2017 03:24 UTC