New Delhi, April 30 -- At least 120 terrorists gathered every month since December last year across the Line of Control (LoC), both opposite the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley, to infiltrate into India and carry out three type of attacks -- regular terrorist shooting incidents, border action team (BAT) operations and improvised explosive device (IED) explosions -- according to central intelligence agency officials. Around 167 terrorists were present across the border waiting to cross over in December last year, 146 were present in January this year, 138 in February and 122 in March. This number averaged around 40-50 terrorists ready to infiltrate in the corresponding months last year, officials said.P8

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