JAMMU: A terrorist was killed early Monday in retaliatory motion after he and two associates fired at a army ambulance that was a part of an Military convoy transferring by means of Battal Keri-Jogwan close to the LoC in Sunderbani sector of Akhnoor, 28km from Jammu metropolis.
An official mentioned no troopers had been wounded within the counteroffensive. “The world was introduced underneath a cordon and reinforcements despatched. A search was launched to trace down the fleeing terrorists.”
Later at evening, the Military’s White Knight Corps introduced that army assault canine Phantom died of bullet wounds through the gunfight. A Belgium Malinois born on Might 25, 2020, Phantom was enlisted in Aug 2022.
Earlier, six-year-old Kent was fatally shot whereas main a column of troopers and shielding her handler throughout an anti-terrorism operation within the jungles of Rajouri district on September 13, 2023.
J&Ok police dismissed stories that three terrorists had been killed. “We urge the general public to stay calm and chorus from spreading unverified info,” an officer mentioned, whereas revealing that arms and ammunition had been discovered on the slain terrorist.
In accordance with a safety supply, three terrorists entered a Shiv temple in Assan village and had been trying to find a cell phone to make a name after they observed the army ambulance passing by. “A dozen bullets are believed to have hit the ambulance,” the supply mentioned.
Residents recounted how the terrorists had confronted a bunch of youngsters close to the temple earlier than the assault. “The terrorists requested them if they’ve a cell phone. When the youngsters mentioned no, they searched their luggage. Not discovering any cellphone, they requested the youngsters to run,” a resident mentioned.
This marked the primary assault within the Jammu area following the dying of 12 folks in a collection of violence in Kashmir since mid-October. On October 14, terrorists ambushed a army truck close to Gulmarg in Baramulla, killing two troopers and two porters. On October 18, a migrant employee from Bihar was murdered in Shopian district, whereas seven staff of a tunnel-construction firm had been shot lifeless in Ganderbal district on October 20.
Akhnoor has seen a number of terrorist assaults previously, together with the storming of an Military camp on Tanda highway in January 2003 by a three-member fidayeen squad that resulted within the dying of a Brigadier and 7 Particular Forces males when prime army officers had gathered there for an occasion.
A dozen had been wounded, together with then GoC-in-C Northern Command Lt Gen Hari Prasad, Jammu-based 16 Corps Commander Lt Gen TPS Brar, GoC of 10 Infantry Division Maj Gen TK Sapru, together with a Brigadier and two Colonels.
