Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR: “Army today foiled a major infiltration attempt by militants in Gurez sector in North Kashmir on the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan”, a top army commander told Excelsior.
“We noticed the movement of a group of 4-5 militants trying to sneak in at Pant Post on the LoC in Gurez sector last night. We challenged them and opened fire killing one militant while rest of the group fled back to Pakistan under the cover of darkness”, the officer said.
The infiltration attempt comes a day after two policemen were killed in Kashmir while a leading cardiologist was critically injured when militants fired at them in Pampore town in South Kashmir.
Army killed 5 infiltrating militants in Keran sector of North Kashmir on the LoC with Pakistan on July 10.
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