Soldier killed as gunfight rages in south Kashmir's Kulgam

Srinagar, July 06: An Army man who was injured during a gunfight with terrorists in the Mudergham area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district succumbed on Saturday.

A top police officer told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Scroll that one army personnel had received injuries in an ongoing operation. He was moved to a hospital where he succumbed.

The encounter broke out this afternoon after police and security forces launched a search operation in the Mudergham area of Kulgam district.

The operation was going on when the last reports came.