<p class="title">Two militants were killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and ultras at Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">A civilian protester was also injured during clashes near the gunbattle site, reports said. The encounter broke out after a joint team of army’s Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Jammu and Kashmir police launched a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) at remote Gadole hamlet of Vailoo area in Kokernag, 75 kms from here, during wee hours of Friday.</p>.<p class="title">As the search party was moving on in the cordoned area, the hiding militants fired upon them, reports said and added in the retaliatory action, two militants were killed.</p>.<p class="title">The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants was not known immediately. Earlier state police chief Shesh Pal Vaid tweeted: “Encounter was going on in kukernag area of Anantnag, reportedly presence of 2/3 terrorists, firing stopped, search is on (sic).”</p>.<p class="title">Reports said a civilian was injured during clashes with the forces near the encounter site. The injured, identified as Yawar Ahmad, was brought to district hospital Anantnag for treatment. A doctor treating him said Ahmad has suffered a bullet injury in the back of his head.</p>.<p class="title">Authorities snapped Internet service in parts of Anantnag district in the wake of the gunfight.</p>.<p class="title">Earlier on Thursday, militants barged into the residence of a forest department official in Zandpal area at Kunzer in Tangmarg, Baramulla and shot him dead.</p>.<p class="title">On Wednesday, militants killed three policemen, including an officer, and a BJP worker in four separate attacks in south Kashmir areas.</p>
<p class="title">Two militants were killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and ultras at Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">A civilian protester was also injured during clashes near the gunbattle site, reports said. The encounter broke out after a joint team of army’s Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Jammu and Kashmir police launched a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) at remote Gadole hamlet of Vailoo area in Kokernag, 75 kms from here, during wee hours of Friday.</p>.<p class="title">As the search party was moving on in the cordoned area, the hiding militants fired upon them, reports said and added in the retaliatory action, two militants were killed.</p>.<p class="title">The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants was not known immediately. Earlier state police chief Shesh Pal Vaid tweeted: “Encounter was going on in kukernag area of Anantnag, reportedly presence of 2/3 terrorists, firing stopped, search is on (sic).”</p>.<p class="title">Reports said a civilian was injured during clashes with the forces near the encounter site. The injured, identified as Yawar Ahmad, was brought to district hospital Anantnag for treatment. A doctor treating him said Ahmad has suffered a bullet injury in the back of his head.</p>.<p class="title">Authorities snapped Internet service in parts of Anantnag district in the wake of the gunfight.</p>.<p class="title">Earlier on Thursday, militants barged into the residence of a forest department official in Zandpal area at Kunzer in Tangmarg, Baramulla and shot him dead.</p>.<p class="title">On Wednesday, militants killed three policemen, including an officer, and a BJP worker in four separate attacks in south Kashmir areas.</p>