Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Jan 12: Suspected terrorists fired upon a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel at Khanetar in the Poonch district led by a Commanding Officer (CO) this evening, prompting security forces to launch a search operation.
There were no casualties among the security personnel, they said.
“At around 1800 hours today, a security forces convoy of vehicles was fired upon by suspected terrorists from a jungle near Krishna Ghati in Poonch sector,” the White Night Corps of the Army said on X.
“A joint search operation by the Indian Army and police is in progress,” it said.
The vehicles that came under attack were carrying security personnel back to the camp, the officials said.
A senior police officer said no one was injured in the incident and the Commanding Officer as well as other Army personnel were safe. A search operation has been launched in the area, he added.
A similar ambush on Army vehicles took place in Poonch’s Dhatya Morh in the Dera Ki Gali area on December 21. Four Army personnel were martyred in the attack.
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