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Two top JeM assassins gunned down in Jammu And Kashmir

Terrorists Abid Wagay and Shahjahan Mir were responsible for killing several cops and civilians

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Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suffered a major setback on Saturday when security forces killed two of its top assassins, who were involved in a number of civilian and cop killings, including the cold-blooded murder of woman Special Police Officer (SPO), in the Shopian district of south Kashmir.

Police said that on credible input, security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Gehind village of Shopian. During searches, terrorists fired upon the security forces. "The fire was retaliated. In the ensuing encounter two terrorists were killed," said a police spokesman.

The slain terrorists have been identified as Abid Wagay and Shahjahan Mir of JeM.

"Abid Wagay and Shahjahan Mir were involved in the abduction and subsequent killings of civilians Firdous Ahmad of Batgund and Nissar Ahmad of Kapran and policeman Balwant Singh of Batgund in 2018. They were also involved in the killing of Khusboo Jan at Viel Shopian earlier this year," said a police spokesman.

Moreover, police said, both terrorists were involved in the killing of civilian Tanveer Ahmad of Bemnipora at Kachdoora in Shopian. And in arson and setting ablaze of Panchayat Ghars at Kanjiullar and Ramnagar.

"Shahjahan was also involved in snatching of weapons and killing of four police personnel at Arhama Shopian near a petrol pump in 2018. He was also involved in the attack on police station Shopian in which one cop Saqib Mohi-ud-Din attained martyrdom and his rifle was snatched. He also abducted and killed a young boy, Huzaif Ashraf Kuttay, a resident of Manzgam DH Pora," said the spokesman.

Police said several terror cases were registered against both of them for planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments and killing of civilians in the area. Pertinently with the efforts of police and security forces, it was a clean operation. No collateral damage happened during the encounter," said the spokesman.

Police said incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter. "All these materials have been taken in case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror cases," he said.

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Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter, and have been taken in case records for further investigation, police said

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