Two security personnel were injured in an encounter with militants in the Pulwama district of south Kashmir early today.

The encounter took place at Tral during a counter-insurgency operation launched by the security forces following information about the presence of militants in the area, police said.

A CRPF jawan and a K&K policeman sustained injuries in the exchange of fire in which a militant is also believed to have been killed. Intermittent exchange of firing was going on till the last reports came in, they added.

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