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Militant holed up in mosque surrenders

Srinagar Dec. 3. A nearly 28-hour-long siege of a mosque in Anantnag district of south Kashmir ended this evening when a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, holed up in the shrine, surrendered before the troops, official sources said.

Bashir Ahmad Wani of Homshalibug village gave up after the troops waited patiently outside the mosque at Reshigund village, about 90 km from here.

The peaceful end to the crisis was hailed by the people of the village who played a key role in the surrender of the militant.

Soon after Bashir's surrender, the troops questioned him and a search operation has been launched at his disclosure apparently to nab his accomplices. The search was still on.

The militant took refuge in the mosque on Monday when an Army column moved to the village to flush militants out after getting specific information about their presence in a house.

Six militants killed

Six militants, including three belonging to the LeT, were among 12 people killed while terrorists triggered two Improvised Explosive Devices targeting security force vehicles in the Kashmir valley during the past 24 hours.

PTI,UNI

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