'Shopian encounter a huge success, all terrorists killed were IS-inspired'

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), June 23 -- : The Shopian encounter was a huge success, security forces and police eliminated four Islamic State (IS) inspired terrorists, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said on Sunday.

"This has been a very successful operation in which four terrorists have been neutralised. All four of them were IS-inspired terrorists commanded by Shaukat Ahmad Butt, who was earlier working with Hijb-ul-Mujahideen and since 2015 he had joined Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH)," Singh told ANI here.

Earlier today, four terrorists were killed during an encounter which began in the early hours Sunday at Panzar area in Shopian district.

Singh added that all four terrorists killed were locals from either Pulwama or Sho...