NEW DELHI: The security forces on Thursday killed two terrorists in an anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district.
“An Infiltration attempt has been successfully prevented with the elimination of two terrorists today on #LoC in Keran Sector, #Kupwara,” said an official statement by the Chinar corps, Indian Army.
This comes hours after two army jawans were injured in an encounter in J&K’s Doda district.
Initial treatment was administered at the government hospital in Doda and now they are being airlifted to the army hospital through an army chopper.
On Tuesday, four army personnel, including an officer, were also killed in gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was the third major encounter between security forces and terrorists in the forests of Doda district in the past three weeks.
Responsibility for the July 16 attack was claimed by the “Kashmir Tigers,” a shadow group of Pakistan-backed terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
The armed forces are on high alert following a recent rise in terror attacks in the Jammu region over the past few weeks.
“An Infiltration attempt has been successfully prevented with the elimination of two terrorists today on #LoC in Keran Sector, #Kupwara,” said an official statement by the Chinar corps, Indian Army.
This comes hours after two army jawans were injured in an encounter in J&K’s Doda district.
Initial treatment was administered at the government hospital in Doda and now they are being airlifted to the army hospital through an army chopper.
On Tuesday, four army personnel, including an officer, were also killed in gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was the third major encounter between security forces and terrorists in the forests of Doda district in the past three weeks.
Responsibility for the July 16 attack was claimed by the “Kashmir Tigers,” a shadow group of Pakistan-backed terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
The armed forces are on high alert following a recent rise in terror attacks in the Jammu region over the past few weeks.
