From correspondents in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 07:01 PM IST

Two guerrillas of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant outfit in a shootout in north Kashmir Thursday, the police said.

The gun battle took place at Warpora village in Sopore, around 50 km from here, the police said.

A joint party of the police, 22 Rashtriya Rifles of army and 179 battalion of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force raided a militant hideout in the north Kashmir village during which 'two militants belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed were killed', a police spokesman said.

The identity of the slain militants was being ascertained.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)