Kashmir: Details of the Shopian and Sopore Encounters On 4 August 2018 Security Forces killed 5 militants in an encounter in the Shopian district of J&K. Umar a Malik an Lakshar-e-Taiba commander was killed in the operation. L-e-TMilitant Naveed Jatt appeared at his funeral to pay a gun salute. the previous day on 3 August 2018 two militants were killed. One of them was a B-tech student. Story By Kamran Yousuf and Pratik Purkayasth