Eight infiltrators were killed in an encounter at Uri sector in north’s Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday.
Police said that an infiltration bid took place near the LoC at Mahiya Bijhama which resulted in an encounter in Lachipora area of the sector.
They said that army personnel belonging to 10 Dogra, 17 Jak Rifle killed eight infiltrators in the ensuing gunfight.
Sources said that gunfight was going on when reports last came in.