Superintendent of police (SP) Handwara Ghulam Jeelani said two militants were killed in the firefight.

Two militants were on Monday killed in a gunfight with government forces in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Superintendent of police (SP) Kupwara Ghulam Jeelani said two militants were killed in the firefight.

Earlier, a gunfight erupted in Rajwar area of Handwara after the latter attacked a police party, SDPO Handwara Shabir Khan told News Agency GNS.

Meanwhile, Internet services were suspended in Kupwara and Baramulla districts following the killing of two militants.

The militants were identified as Ashiq Ahmad Bhat of Palhalan Pattan and Toib Majeed Mir of Brath Kalan Sopore. Hundreds of people have gathered in Brath Kalan to receive Mir’s body.

Reports said that protests erupted in Palhalan as the news of death of Bhat reached there.