Srinagar, Jun 24 (IANS): A separatist guerrilla was killed on Friday by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
A police officer told IANS that security forces who launched an operation in Handwara after a tip off were fired at by militants, triggering a gun battle that left a rebel dead.
"The operation is still going on," the officer said, adding that the slain militant belonged to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
On Thursday, security forces had killed six guerrillas in two separate gun battles in the same district.