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 Battal Keri-Jogwan close to the LoC in Sunderbani sector of Akhnoor, 28km from Jammu metropolis.
An official stated no troopers had been wounded within the counteroffensive. “The realm 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 reviews that three terrorists had been killed. “We urge the general public to stay calm and chorus from spreading unverified data,” an officer stated, 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 once they seen the army ambulance passing by. “A dozen bullets are believed to have hit the ambulance,” the supply stated.
Residents recounted how the terrorists had confronted a gaggle of youngsters close to the temple earlier than the assault. “The terrorists requested them if they’ve a cell phone. When the kids stated no, they searched their luggage. Not discovering any telephone, they requested the children to run,” a resident stated.
This marked the primary assault within the Jammu area following the dying of 12 individuals in a sequence 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 workers of a tunnel-construction firm had been shot useless in Ganderbal district on October 20.
Akhnoor has seen a number of terrorist assaults prior to now, together with the storming of an Military camp on Tanda street in January 2003 by a three-member fidayeen squad that resulted within the dying of a Brigadier and 7 Particular Forces males when high 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.
