SRINAGAR, JUNE 16: This is the second encounter between militants and army near the LoC in the district in the last 24 hours. A soldier was killed and two others were injured in an overnight gunbattle in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara.
The Army on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district killing two militants, this being the second infiltration bid within 24 hours.
An Army officer said troops guarding the LoC noticed a group of militants trying to sneak into this side of the LoC at Jumagund Nar in Keran sector. The troops challenged the militants who indulged in indiscriminate firing. The troops returned the fire triggering an encounter in which the two militants were killed, the officer said.
1 army jawan killed, 2 injured in gunbattle near LoC
This is the second encounter between militants and army near the LoC in the district in the last 24 hours. A soldier was killed and two others were injured in an overnight gunbattle in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara.( Courtesy:News Agency)
