A day after an attack on an Indian Army vehicle, officials reported that three terrorists were killed in Akhnoor, Jammu & Kashmir.
In this photo, Indian Army personnel are seen deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. (Representative Photo, Credit: PTI)
On Monday morning, terrorists had opened fire on an Indian Army ambulance in the Battal area of Akhnoor in the Jammu region. The ambulance was part of an Army convoy moving through the area as part of ongoing operations. According to The Hindustan Times, local villagers alerted security forces about the presence of armed terrorists in the vicinity.
Following the attack on the ambulance, officials indicated that three terrorists were suspected to be involved.
By Monday evening, officials confirmed that one of the terrorists had been killed in the operation launched by security forces. Special forces personnel, including National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, were deployed to track down the terrorists.
Statement from Officials
“ We have used unmanned vehicle, artificial intelligence that gave us a quick and successful result... We lost one Army Dog - he was ahead when we were doing search operations, and militants fired upon the Dog. It's due to his sacrifice, many of the lives could be saved,” Major General Sameer Shrivastava, GoC 10 Infantry Division, said in a briefing.
“After this operation, such information was spreading that the Army had used BMP - we had used that kind of vehicle because the area was tough - with a gradient of 30 degrees and dense forest - we used those vehicles after locating militants to reach there,” the senior Army official added.
Two terrorists were killed in the second phase of the operation
Officials reported that one terrorist was killed on Monday, followed by the death of two others on Tuesday.
On Monday morning, the PTI quoted officials confirming that a second terrorist, who was hiding in a village in the Akhnoor area of the Jammu region, was killed during a gunfight. Shortly before 10 a.m., the news agency reported that a third terrorist had also been eliminated.
Earlier, the agency had indicated that this third terrorist was hiding in a forest area near the Assan temple in Jogwan village, also in Akhnoor.
Officials stated that the second phase of the operation against the hiding terrorists began around 7 a.m. in the Bhattal area of Khour after a pause in fighting overnight.
In addition to special forces personnel, the Army deployed four BMP-II armored vehicles, along with helicopters and drones, to support the operation, according to the agency.
Series of attacks in Jammu and Kashmir
At least 12 individuals have lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two weeks.
On October 18, a migrant worker from Bihar was discovered dead in Shopian, having been shot.
On October 20, terrorists killed seven people in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir region, including a doctor and six migrant workers at a construction site.
On October 24, an Army convoy in the Baramulla district was attacked by terrorists, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers and two civilian porters.
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