Army foils infiltration bid, 6 militants killed

Jammu: Six armed foreign militants were killed on Monday and three Armymen lost their lives in a fierce gunbattle that broke out along the Line of Control (LOC) in Kupwara sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

Acting on a tip off, troops picked up the movement of a group of infiltrating militants in 104 forward location along the LoC in Kupwara belt and launched an operation, triggering the encounter, a senior Army official at Udhampur-based Northern Command told PTI tonight.

Six foreign militants and three Army jawans were killed in the gunbattle, which was on when reports last came in from the area.