Captain, two militants killed in J&K gunfight

Srinagar: An Indian army captain and two militants were killed and three other soldiers including a major injured in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, police said.
Police sources said a captain critically injured during fresh firing exchanges at the gunfight site in Bidoora village has succumbed while on way to the hospital.
“Earlier, two militants were killed and a major and two other soldiers injured in this operation,” a police source said.
“The three injured soldiers have been shifted to a hospital and some militants were still engaged in the ensuing gunfight,” the police said.
The bodies of two slain militants have been recovered and their identities are being ascertained, a police officer added.(IANS)