Five Soldiers Killed-In-Action in J&K Encounter With Terrorists
five troops, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed in an exchange of fire with highly armed militants in Surankote, Poonch J&K.
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Five Soldiers Killed-In-Action in J&K Encounter With Terrorists
On Monday, five troops, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed in an exchange of fire with highly armed militants in Surankote, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On Monday, five troops, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed in an exchange of fire with highly armed militants in Surankote, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The exchange of fire in Poonch occurred during a cordon and search operation conducted early Monday morning in response to intelligence reports of the presence of four to five terrorists in a wooded region near the Line of Control (LoC), or the de facto boundary between India and Pakistan, in J&K. "A JCO and four Indian Army personnel were critically injured in the subsequent shootout during the continuing engagement with militants." "The seriously injured were transported to the nearest medical institution, unfortunately they died as a result of their injuries," army spokeswoman Lt …
