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Three militants were killed in a gunbattle that broke out after a group of militants, traveling in a truck, opened fire at a police team at a toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway here on Friday, officials said.

Police said the militant group is suspected to have infiltrated from along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district to carry out an attack.

The group of three-four militants was on their way to Srinagar when the police team intercepted it at the Bann toll plaza, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh told PTI.

Bann toll plaza in Nagrota is about 28 kilometers from the Jammu city.