JAMMU: A terrorist was killed in an eight-hour-long gunfight after a gaggle of terrorists, opened hearth on an Indian Military convoy close to the Line of Management (LoC) in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district on Monday morning, officers mentioned.
“Physique of 1 terrorist together with weapon has been recovered. Operations are below progress,” the Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps mentioned in a put up on X.
Officers mentioned the gunfight befell in a densely forested space of Battal in Akhnoor’s Khour space about 85km from Jammu metropolis.
The gunfight began at about 7am when the terrorists attacked an ambulance that was a part of a military convoy within the Battal space.
”The world has been cordoned off, and a search operation to neutralise the terrorists is ongoing,” the White Knight Corps mentioned in a put up earlier within the day.
Munawar Tawi within the Akhnoor sector falls on one of many routes utilized by Pakistani terrorists to enter the nation.
It’s suspected that three terrorists have been concerned within the gunfight with the army. The lone terrorist killed within the gunfight was sporting garments much like the military’s fight fatigues. Officers mentioned the terrorist was suspected to be linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist group.
Individuals accustomed to the matter mentioned the presence of the closely armed terrorists was first reported to the military by villagers close to Asan temple within the Battal space of Khour.
Later within the night, the Jammu and Kashmir Police rebutted reviews that the three terrorists had been killed within the ongoing operation.
“We deny the reviews relating to the encounter in Akhnoor involving the neutralisation of three terrorists. It’s confirmed that no accidents have been reported from the assault on the Military car and additional particulars are being investigated,” mentioned a police spokesperson.
“The state of affairs stays below management and we urge the general public to stay calm and chorus from spreading unverified data. Safety forces proceed to watch the world carefully following the current alerts for border districts,” the spokesperson added.
Monday’s gunfight comes in opposition to the backdrop of a string of eight terror assaults over two weeks in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed over a dozen lives.
On October 24, a convoy carrying personnel of a Rashtriya Rifles unit and civilian porters was shifting to the Nagin put up within the Afrawat vary when terrorists opened hearth on two military vans at Botapathri, roughly 6km from the vacationer hub of Gulmarg. Two troopers and two civilian porters have been killed within the ambush.
On October 20, terrorists killed seven individuals, together with a physician and 6 migrant employees, at a building web site in Sonamarg, Ganderbal district. One other migrant employee from Bihar was attacked two days earlier than this incident.