Srinagar, 31(KNS): Two militants were killed after an encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Namibian-Marsar area of Pulwama in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said Saturday. 

A police officer told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that a joint team of Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Namibian-Marsar forest of Pulwama this morning, following inputs about the presence of militants there.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel 

“During the searches, militants fired on the search party, which was retaliated leading to an encounter, " he said

The official said that two militants were killed during the encounter while the identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained(KNS).