Four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were gunned down and two security forces’ personnel lost their life in a fierce encounter that broke out in the forest area in the Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

Based on intelligence developed by police on the presence of terrorists, security forces launched an operation in the Laam forest of Tral area, the official said.

The slain personnel were identified as Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Constable Lateef Gujri.

The identity of the slain militants was being ascertained, the official said adding at least two of them were believed to be foreigners.