Villagers help a resident injured in the encounter from an ambulance, to a hospital. Pic/AFP

Two terrorists were killed and six persons, including two army personnel, were injured yesterday as an encounter raged in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. The gunbattle began yesterday morning after the security forces launched a search operation following a specific tip-off about the presence of terrorists in Bahmnoo area of Pulwama, police said.