Srinagar: Government forces killed two Hizbul Mujahideen militants in a gunfight in Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Monday.

A police official said that both the militants surrounded by the forces were killed during the gunfight that also left two soldiers, including an army major, injured.

He identified the slain as Sameer Ahmad aka Sameer Tiger of Drubgam and Aqib Wani of Bello Rajpora.