Additional reinforcement of security forces has been rushed to the area to flush out the militants. File photo
Majid Jahangir
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, August 16
At least four Army men were injured in a gunfight close to the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir frontier Kupwara district on Thursday, sources said.
The gunfight erupted in Nowgam sector, 120 km northwest of Srinagar, when a group of infiltrators was spotted by the soldiers this morning and it was challenged. The infiltrators opened indiscriminate firing, triggering a gunfight.
“In the first initial gunfight, four soldiers were injured,” the sources said, adding that the operation is under way.
The injured soldiers were shifted to hospital for treatment. .
Additional reinforcement of security forces has been rushed to the area to flush out the militants.
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