Eds: Updating with more inputs)Srinagar, Dec 26 (PTI) Wanted Jaish-e-Mohammad militantNoor Mohammad Tantray was killed in an encounter in Sambooraarea of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police saidhere today.
Acting on a tip-off, a crack team of Jammu and Kashmirpolice cordoned off a house where two JeM militants werebelieved to be holed up, the police said.
In the ensuing encounter, Tantray was killed whereasthere was no information about the presence of the secondmilitant, it said.
Tantray was out on a parole since 2015. He was themastermind of a suicide attack at Srinagar airport earlierthis year.
Hailing from Tral area of south Kashmir, Tantray's deathis seen as a blow to the terror group as he was the key man inreviving the JeM in south and central Kashmir. PTI SKL/MIJ AMSUZM.
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