Srinagar, Sep 14 : One terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district on Wednesday, police said. "One terrorist killed. Operation in progress," police said. The firefight in Nowgam area started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area and cordoned it off. At this, terrorists hiding there started firing, drawing retaliation by the security forces. There have been a series of encounters between terrorists and security forces across Kashmir over the last few months in which many terrorists and their commanders have been eliminated. A terrorist was killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Heff Shirmal area in Shopian district on Monday. /IANS