A 24-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday during clashes near the site of an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district where two militants were gunned down by security forces overnight.

The woman, identified by locals as Beauty Jan, wife of Manzoor Ahmad, was hit by a bullet during clashes between security forces and locals near the encounter site in Bhatmaran village of the district in south Kashmir.

She was rushed to a hospital but died on the way.Watch Shopian encounter: 2 militants killed; woman dies as clashes erupt between locals, forces With HD Quality.