Army foils infiltration bid in Poonch, two terrorists killed
Jammu, July 31 -- Two suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were killed when the army scuttled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LOC) in the Digwar sector of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
The latest encounter comes two days after security forces eliminated three hardcore terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack in a forest in Srinagar. Codenamed Operation Shivshakti, the army said the two terrorists neutralised in Poonch during the intervening night were attempting to infiltrate into Indian territory.
"In a anti-infiltration operation, troops of the Indian Army eliminated two terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the LOC. Swift action thwarted the nefarious designs. Three weapons have been recovered," the army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
Officials said troops on ambush duty, following information about a possible attempt by LeT terrorists to sneak into this side, spotted the movement of the infiltrators on Tuesday night. The terrorists opened fire and in the ensuing encounter, both of them were killed....
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