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Three LET militants, NC leader among five killed in J&K

Three LET militants were killed in a joint operation carried out by the army and police at Pazalpora in Bandipora area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir on Monday night, he said.

Three houses were also damaged during the gun-battle which broke out when security forces raided the village to flush out hiding militants, he said, adding three AK assault rifles were recovered from the slain militants, two of whom were identified as Abu Umer and Abu Khara of Pakistan.

The bullet-riddled body of a person, Noor Khan, was recovered from his village at Dardpora-Bandipora early on Tuesday. Khan was killed by militants for his alleged links with security forces, he said.

Unidentified militants shot dead block president of the NC's youth wing, Ghulam Mohammad Mir, in Badgam district of central Kashmir on Monday evening.

Mir, a resident of Hawoora, was killed by gunmen who intercepted a passenger bus on its way to Badgam from Srinagar. He was dragged out from the vehicle and shot dead, the spokesman said.

Meanwhile, three militants identified as Mohammad Rafiq, Ghulam Hassan and Muneer Ahmad surrendered before the police in Bandipora area on Monday evening.

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