Two militants were killed in south Kashmir's Awantipora, police said on Sunday.
The militants were killed when they tried to ambush a police party that included three police officers of the rank of superintendent of police.
The incident happened at Padgampora when a cavalcade of senior superintendents of police of Pulwama and Awantipora Raees Ahmed and Zahid Malik was going along with the district's Additional Superintendent of Police Chandan Kohli.
The militants, also travelling in a car, came from behind and started firing at the vehicle carrying Kohli in the area on the border of Awantipora and Pulwama, officials said.
All the police personnel quickly took cover and retaliated the fire in which two militants were killed, they said.
Jammu and Kashmir director general of police SP Vaid tweeted about the encounter.
Police seized two weapons and the identity of the militants is being ascertained, deputy inspector general of police (South Kashmir) S Pani told PTI.
He lauded the role of the police force which swiftly neutralised the two terrorists.
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