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Hamza Burhan, linked to the 2019 Pulwama attack, was fatally shot
This encounter comes amid heightened alert in J&K following recent attacks and increased movement of terrorists across the region.
Jammu and Kashmir has long been a hotbed for terror attacks.
Congress candidate Anto Antony said the BJP won the 2019 polls by exploiting the sacrifices of jawans killed in Pulwama.
In light of the latest incident, Onmanorama takes a look at the major attacks on army camps in the past few years.
The incident, which comes after Sunday's killing of a Kashmiri Pandit, took place around 1:15 am.
Sanjay Sharma (40), who worked as an ATM guard, was shot in the chest at point-blank range in the Achan area of the south Kashmir district around 11 am, they added.
The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
The militants were killed in two separate gunbattles with security forces in Kulgam and Pulwama districts.
The announcement comes in the aftermath of the February 14 terror attack on CRPF troopers in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
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