Soldier, militant killed in Pulwama gunfight

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, July 7

A soldier of the Army’s counter-insurgency unit was killed and two other security men were injured in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. A militant was also killed, the police said.

AK-47 recovered

In the operation, a militant was killed and an AK-47 was recovered. Two Army men and a policeman were also injured. The injured were shifted to Army hospital where a soldier succumbed to his injuries. — A police officer

The gunfight erupted at Goosu village in Pulwama when joint forces cordoned off the village around midnight following an intelligence input from the J&K Police about the presence of militants in the area.

“The contact with the militants was established at 5.45 am and in the operation, a militant was killed and an AK-47 was recovered,” a police officer said, adding that in the initial gunfight two Army men and a policeman were also injured.

“The injured were shifted to Army hospital where a soldier succumbed to his injuries,” the officer said.

Joint forces later carried out searches in the area as they suspected more militants hiding in the area. However, after hours of search, the operation was called off by the forces.

The identity of the slain militant could not be established as yet.

The local authorities, as a precautionary measure, snapped mobile Internet services in Pulwama.