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| Infiltration bid foiled, 3 militants killed near LoC in Kupwara | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 10: Three heavily armed terrorists were killed by army in an encounter near the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sub-sector of Kupwara in the wee hours of this morning.
Col Goswami said in a fierce encounter 3 terrorists have been killed by Army in Keran sub-sector on Wednesday morning. A warlike store of arms and ammunition have been recovered from them.
It may be mentioned that Army troops on Tuesday also killed a foreign militant in an encounter in North Kashmir.
The defence spokesman said that Army in Srinagar, while relentlessly fighting the fury of floods in Kashmir has no respite from terrorists. In an encounter at Laribag in Kupwara district, RR unit located in the area eliminated a foreign militant of LeT on Tuesday.
He said based on specific intelligence input of presence of a Militant in general area Laribag a search operation was launched by the RR unit located in the Handwara area.
The area was cordoned and the terrorist was effectively engaged. In the ensuing fire fight the terrorist was killed at about 0600 hours today.
The body of the slain Militant along with one AK - 47, one grenade and other war like stores were recovered. The terrorist was identified as Umaar Bhatti, Let Commander operating in the Valley from past 20 months.
While the Army has been the first responders to the disaster situation in the Kashmir valley and has undertaken one of its largest relief and rescue operations to rescue the people stranded in various parts of the State and provided succour, it has also ensured that the counter terrorist operations are not diluted and the State remains peaceful and secure, PRO (Def) Jammu, Lt Col Manish Mehta said.
In addition to cooping with the flood situation themselves and undertaking relief and rescue operations from Srinagar to the remotest corners of the State, the military operations to prevent the terrorists taking advantage of the situation are also underway.
The Army is committed to providing aid and assistance to the people of the State in a safe and secure environment. |
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