Hizbul Mujahideen Sunday paid tributes to the three militants killed in an encounter by government forces in Awanera village in Shopian.
Hizb Operational spokesman Burhan-u-din in a tele-statement to a local news gathering agency said that Hizb Chief Syed Salah-udin, Deputy Chief Saif-ullah Khalid and Field Operational Mehmood Ghaznawi have paid tributes to three “brave mujahideen martyred in Shopian”.
The spokesman said that Salah-udin addressed a prayer meeting in which he prayed for the slain militants and sympathized with their families.
He said the two Indian army men were killed and several were injured by militants.