Two ‘commanders’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), including a foreigner, were killed in the Sirhama area of Anantnag District of Jammu and Kashmir on September 25, reports Daily Excelsior. “One of the slain has been identified as Abu Rehan from Pakistan, who was active since March 2019 and the second one was Adil Bhat, who was also Lashkar commander,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar, said. The encounter that had started on September 24,f finally ended on September 25 with the killing of the two terrorists. “Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. It is pertinent to mention here that the INSAS rifle snatched in Nowgam [Srinagar District] attack [August 14, 2020] was also recovered from the site”, police said. Many people rushed to the encounter site and there was explosion as a result of which four youth were injured.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar, on September 25 said that 170 to 200 militants are active in Kashmir of which 40 are foreigners whom police know by name, reports Daily Excelsior.