Army foils infiltration bid by militants, two killed

Army on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid by a group of heavily armed militants killing two of them in frontier district of Kupwara.

Army on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid by a group of heavily armed militants killing two of them in frontier district of Kupwara.

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The militants sneaked into this side in the wee hours but were confronted by troops guarding the border at Sonapindi
near the Line of Control, defence spokesman said.

He said the infiltrating militants opened fire and two of them were killed in retaliatory action by Indian security forces.