Two Indian Military troopers had been killed in an encounter with terrorists in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, in response to Protection officers. The troopers sustained accidents throughout a conflict with militants within the Kokernag area.
Throughout the trade of fireside, 5 military personnel had been injured and promptly evacuated to a close-by hospital for therapy. Each the military personnel succumbed to their accidents through the therapy.
Two civilians have additionally been reported injured as a result of reckless firing by terrorists within the ongoing operation; the injured have been supplied fast medical support and evacuated additional, mentioned Military officers.
Earlier within the day encounter broke out within the Ahlan Gadole space of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. The gunfight led to a heavy trade of fireside between the safety forces and the militants.
The 2 troopers had been injured when terrorists focused their patrol throughout an anti-terror operation within the forested space of Kokernag subdivision. Particular forces and military paratroopers have been deployed within the ongoing operation to flush out the terrorists, who’re believed to be international nationals.
In a put up on social media platform ‘X’, the Indian military’s Chinar corps mentioned, “Based mostly on particular intelligence enter, a Joint Operation was launched by #IndianArmy, @JmuKmrPolice & @crpf_srinagar right now on the whole space Kokernag, Anantnag. Contact was established and firefight ensued. Two personnel have been injured and evacuated from the realm. Operations are in progress.”
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Based mostly on particular intelligence enter, a Joint Operation was launched by #IndianArmy, @JmuKmrPolice & @crpf_srinagar right now on the whole space Kokernag, Anantnag. Contact was established and firefight ensued. Two personnel have been injured and evacuated from… pic.twitter.com/24DEESGtGZ
— Chinar Corps – Indian Military (@ChinarcorpsIA) August 10, 2024
At the moment’s encounter marks the second main encounter in Kokernag inside the previous 12 months. In September 2023, a Commanding Officer, a Main, and a Deputy Superintendent of Police had been killed throughout a conflict with terrorists within the Kokernag forest. Reinforcements have been dispatched to the realm to flush out the terrorists, who’re believed to be hiding within the Ahlan Gadole forests.
