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Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 14: Army has intercepted a thick group of infiltrating militants and killed at least five of them in a fierce gunbattle close to LoC in Uri.
Informed official sources told Early Times that on a specific information, corroborated by technological inputs, troops laid an ambush at Tootmar Gali of Kala Parhar in Uri sector at 1230 hours today. According to the information, a thick group of militants was infiltrating over fresh cow-clad cliffs and ravines from PoK side into Kashmir valley.
Late in the afternoon, troops in ambush intercepted the infiltrators and challenged them to halt and surrender. The militants opened gunfire and made attempts to escape backward. However, troops retaliated and a fierce encounter was in progress till late this evening.
Spokesman at headquarters 15 Corps, Lt Col J S Brar, told mediapersons over telephone that five of the infiltrating militants had been killed. According to him, the infiltrators had broken into different groups and troops had expanded the area of search operation. Unconfirmed reports said that troops had seized the dead bodies of 5 militants as also their arms and ammunition.
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