Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were killed in an overnight gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Friday.

This was the fifth gunfight this year. A total of 11 terrorists have been killed so far.

The latest gun battle erupted at Zowla Chadoora on Thursday evening when the police and Army launched a cordon and search operation following information that three Jaish militants were present in the area.

The Central Reserve Police Force joined the operation after the encounter broke out, the police said.

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said the fighting continued throughout the night and the three Jaish terrorists were killed on Friday morning.

“One of the slain terrorists is Waseem, a resident of Srinagar. Most probably the other two are foreigners,” Kumar said, adding three 3 AK 56 rifles, eight magazines and documents were recovered from the site. He said Waseem was involved in several cases of killing civilians.

“After the death of Waseem, there is only one resident terrorist Moomin in Srinagar who became active recently,” Kumar said, adding they have neutralized all the listed militants of Srinagar.

Eleven terrorists including top commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish have been killed in Kashmir. In the last nine days, the Pakistan-based Jaish has lost 15 terrorists including top commanders in different operations.