In yet another clash between militant groups, two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday.
Hizbul militants Niaz Ahmad and Mohammad Farooq, both residents of Marhote in Surankote, were killed by LeT militants at Jabbi Toti village on Wednesday, they said.
The sources said that Hizbul militants fired back but there was no report of any casualty among LeT militants.
The cause of the clash was not known immediately, they said.
In the past also, several militants
belonging to the two outfits were killed in encounters between each other,
with Hizbul suffering the maximum losses.