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Balhama gunfight: police recovers one more body, toll 3

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Srinagar: Government forces on Saturday recovered dead body of third militant from the site of gunfight at Balhama, Khunmoh in the Srinagar outskirts.
With the recovery of another dead body, the death toll in the gunfight has gone up to three.

Earlier, two militants — Owais Ahmad of Nowdal Tral and Shabir Ahmad of Aghanzipora Awantipora — were killed in the gunfight that began on Thursday afternoon after militants attacked the policemen guarding a Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anwar Khan.

An official said that the parts of the body were recovered from the encounter site in Balhama, and is believed to be a foreign militant.

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