2 soldiers, including JCO, killed, 2 injured in encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar
An encounter broke out after the terrorists opened fire on a joint security party of the Army and police.
Jammu: Two Indian Army personnel were killed while two others were injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. One in every of of the slain personnel incorporates a junior commissioned officer (JCO).
The terrorists attacked the Army personnel in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, security officials said on Friday, 13 September 2024.
An come across broke out after the terrorists opened fire on a joint security birthday celebration of the Army and police. A cordon-and-search operation (CASO) become launched following a tip-off in the Naidgham area in the Chhatroo belt, said security officials.
The officials said there become an exchange of fire between the hunt team of the protection forces and the terrorists hiding in the Pingnal Dugadda wooded area area in the upper reaches of Naidgham village located far and wide the Chhatroo police station limits.
Four Army personnel were injured in the gunbattle and two of them, JCO Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar and Sepoy Arvind Singh, later succumbed to the injuries, the officials said.
The Army also confirmed the killing of both soldiers.
“GOC (General Officer Commanding) White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of the bravehearts; offer deepest condolences to the families,” the Army said.
Earlier, the Army had said contact become established and the hunt birthday celebration exchanged a heavy volume of fire with the terrorists around Three:30 pm.
“Contained in the ensuing firefight four army personnel have been injured. The operation is in progress,” the Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
#IndianArmy #GOC White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of the #Bravehearts; offer deepest condolences to the families. @NorthernComd_IA@adgpi@SpokespersonMoD %twitter.com/MRV4CLBTWE
— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) September 13, 2024
The officials said the injured soldiers were airlifted to an Army sanatorium after preliminary treatment at a neighborhood sanatorium.
The come across comes two days after the Army, in a successful operation, neutralised two Pakistani terrorists affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit in the higher reaches of Basantgarh in Udhampur district.
(With PTI inputs)
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