Srinagar: Two soldiers who were wounded during a fierce gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday succumbed to their injuries in the evening.
Another soldier and two civilians were injured in the encounter which began in Ahlan Gadole on Saturday afternoon, and was continuing into the evening, according to police.
The two injured soldiers were rushed to the nearest hospital where they died a few hours later.
The terrorists targeted an Army patrol which was carrying out an anti-terror operation in the Kokernag subdivision forest.
“Two civilians have also been reported injured due to indiscriminate, desperate and reckless firing by terrorists in the ongoing operation; they have been provided immediate medical aid and evacuated further. Operations are under progress,” Indian Army’s Chinar Corps stated in a post on X.
Reinforcements have been rushed to the area to flush out the terrorists.
This is the second major encounter in Kokernag in the span of 11 months.
Last September, a Commanding Officer, a Major and a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed during a gunbattle with terrorists in Kokernag forest.
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