Srinagar, June 15 (TIWN) Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in the Kanjiular area of South Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said on Wednesday.

The encounter broke out between the militants and security forces at Kanjiular in Shopian after the personnel launched a cordon and search operation in the area, they said. 

"One of the killed #terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of Shopian. Besides other terror crimes, he was involved in the recent killing of Vijay Kumar, Bank manager on 2/6/22 in Kulgam district," the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.