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1 killed, 5 soldiers injured after terrorists open fire on two security vehicles in Poonch
Terrorist attack in Poonch: The terrorists were armed with AK assault rifles and are believed to have fled into the nearby forest.
One soldier was killed and five were injured in J&K's Poonch on Saturday after their security vehicles were fired upon by terrorists. The officials said the firing was reported from the Sanai village of Surankote and reinforcements from the Army and police have been rushed to the area. A gunfight ensued between the suspected terrorists and security forces near a government higher secondary school in Gursai Moori of Medhat sub-division in Poonch.
The injured soldiers were taken to Udhampur Command Hospital where one succumbed to his injuries.
“An Indian Air Force vehicle convoy was attacked by militants in the Poonch district of J&K, near Shahsitar. Cordon and search operations are underway presently in the area by local military units. The convoy has been secured, and further investigation is under progress,” IAF said in a statement.
One of the trucks in the convoy bore the major brunt with several bullets piercing its front and side windscreen in the firing by the terrorists who were armed with AK assault rifles and are believed to have fled into the nearby forests, the officials said.
The local Rashtriya Rifles unit has started cordon and search operations in the area. The vehicles have been secured inside the air base in the General area near Shahsitar.
Poonch, part of the Anantnag-Rajouri-Poonch Lok Sabha constituency, where the polling has been rescheduled by the EC, will now go to the polls on May 25.
Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a search operation after receiving information about the suspicious movement of two individuals on Friday.
Earlier, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the Samba sector were put on high alert after the security forces thwarted a potential infiltration attempt along the International Border in the Samba district.
The intruder was gunned down by the forces while he tried to approach the BSF fences on the international border in the early hours of Wednesday.
"In the intervening night of May 1 and 2, 2024, the vigilant BSF troops observed a suspicious movement across the IB in the Samba border area, & an intruder was observed approaching towards the BSF fence. The alert troops neutralised one intruder & thwarted the infiltration ttempt," the Border Security Forces said in an official release.
