SRINAGAR: Two terrorists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces at Guloora area of Handwara.

An encounter has broken out between terrorists and security forces in the wee hours of the morning at Guloora area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Search operations are at present in progress, as reported the leading news agency ANI.

On Sunday, security forces detained three suspected terrorists in Karnah area, Kupwara district.

While on Saturday, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants involved in carrying out a number of terror attacks on security forces were killed in an encounter with the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Achabal block of Anantnag district on Saturday. Earlier that day, a militant was killed after Jammu and Kashmir Police foiled a weapon-snatching bid in Achabal.