8 killed in Jammu and Kashmir gunfight, clashes

Three terrorists were gunned down in an encounter between them and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday morning. The gunbattle also martyred one soldier. Also, six other civilians died in subsequent clashes in the area, police said.

The encounter broke out after upon receiving a tip-off, the security forces began a search operation in Sirnoo village. Soon the terorists opened firing at the security officials and the army began retaliatory firing, which killed three terrorists.

"As the security forces closed in on the hiding militants, they fired triggering the ongoing gunfight," the police said.