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Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were gunned down on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter broke out in Dangarpora village of North Kashmir's Sopore. Troops from the Rashtriya Rifles, the Special Operations Group of the police and the Central Reserve Police Force launched the operation in the early hours after getting information about the presence of militants in the area. As a precaution, authorities have suspended mobile internet services and closed all educational institutions in Sopore.

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Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were gunned down on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter broke out in Dangarpora village of North Kashmir's Sopore. Troops from the Rashtriya Rifles, the Special Operations Group of the police and the Central Reserve Police Force launched the operation in the early hours after getting information about the presence of militants in the area. As a precaution, authorities have suspended mobile internet services and closed all educational institutions in Sopore.

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