The police and army launched a joint operation following information about terrorists hiding in the area.
An army personnel was killed and three others were injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara in an ongoing gunfight that erupted between security forces and militants today.
The encounter is still on, said Shesh Paul Vaid, Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir.
The police and army launched a joint operation following information about the terrorists hiding in Zirhama area of Kupwara district.
This is the second encounter in Kupwara today. Earlier in the morning, three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in Magam area of the same district.
The development comes just three days after six terrorists, including the nephew of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, were gunned down in north Kashmir's Bandipora. An Air Force commando, however, lost his life in the operation.