A third militant was killed and a soldier succumbed to his injuries, on August 18, taking the death toll to eight in the operation that was launched in Kreeri area in Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on August 17, after a militant attack on Security Forces (SFs) in which a Policeman and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on the first day, reports Daily Excelsior. The operation that was put on hold on August 17 night resumed on August 18 morning and one militant was killed in a day long operation. The third slain militant has been identified as Usman of Pakistan, and his body was retrieved from the encounter site. The search operation is still on in the area to rule out presence of any other militant. Srinagar based Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that two soldiers who had sustained injuries yesterday (August 17) at Kreeri gunfight, succumbed today (August 18) at Srinagar. He said that the number of militants killed in the two-day long operation reached three. “Two AK’s and three pistols were recovered from the site of encounter,” he said. Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported that an Army personnel and two militants were killed taking the death toll to six in the operation against militant attack in Kreeri area in Baramulla District on August 17.