Two soldiers were killed in action during a fierce gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district today. A soldier and two civilians were injured.
The police said the encounter began in Anantnag district's Ahlan Gadole this afternoon.
Terrorists targeted the army patrol while they were carrying out an anti-terror operation in the forest in the Kokernag subdivision.
The army's special forces - paratroopers - are part of the operation to flush out terrorists who are believed to be foreigners.
Today's gunbattle is the second major encounter in Kokernag in the last one year. In September 2023, a Commanding Officer, a Major, and a Deputy Superintendent of Police were among the personnel killed during a gunbattle with terrorists in Kokernag forest.
"Two civilians have also been reported injured due to indiscriminate, desperate and reckless firing by terrorists in the ongoing operation; they have been provided immediate medical aid and evacuated further. Operations are under progress," the Indian Army's Chinar Corps said in a post on X.
Reinforcement has been rushed to the area to flush out terrorists, believed to be entrenched in Ahlan Gadole forests.
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