Awantipora: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces at Charsoo village of South Kashmir’s Awantipora police district on Tuesday morning, the police said.

A police official said that the gunfight was triggered after a joint team of the police, CRPF and Army cordoned off the Charsoo area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of militants.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where militants were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire, he said—(KNO)

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