Army foils infiltration bid in Kupwara, 5 militants, one soldier killed

Five militants and a soldier were killed as the Army foiledan infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwaradistrict of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said here on Sunday.

“In an ongoing anti-infiltration operation in Keransector of North Kashmir, alert troops braving inclement weather and hostileterrain have so far eliminated five militants attempting to infiltrate acrossthe LoC,” defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.

   

He said in this operation, one soldier has died while twoothers are critically injured.

“Evacuation of the injured is hampered due to heavysnow and rough terrain conditions,” he said, adding the operation wasstill in progress.

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