Jawan killed, 2 injured in militant ambush near Jammu

May 19, 2014 08:42

Bad news coming in early Monday morning.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar reports: One Army jawan has been killed and two others injured when militants ambushed an army patrol in the Akhnoor sector near Jammu late Sunday night.

A defence spokesman said on Monday, "An Army patrol was targetted in the Akhnoor sector at 11 pm on Sunday. A soldier was killed while the injured were evacuated to the hospital for treatment."

The Army had foiled an infiltration bid earlier in the day in the BG sector of the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu region

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