Army foils infiltration bid on LoC; terrorist killed

Amir Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, January 24

The Army deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector foiled an infiltration attempt in the early hours of Tuesday.

The troops detected the movement of terrorists along the LoC. They engaged the infiltrating terrorists with effective automatic fire while drawing heavy retaliatory fire.

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One terrorist was eliminated in the operation while the others fled towards Pakistan. The body of the terrorist has been recovered; a gun and ammunition was also seized.

The action by the Army assumes significance in view of the large number of intelligence reports of likely terrorist attacks around Republic Day.