Jawan killed in gunfight in Kupwara

July 11, 2016 20:03

An Army jawan was killed in a gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmirs Kupwara district.

The gunfight erupted during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday when the Army noticed suspected movement of militants close to the LoC near the Khantawali forest in Keran sector, 130 km from here. Sources said the militants were trying to infiltrate into Kashmir when their movement was noticed.

As they were challenged, the militants opened fire triggering a gunfight, in which an Army jawan was wounded, who later succumbed to injuries on way to hospital, sources said.

The exchange of fire has stopped in the area and the Army is carrying out massive searches in the forest areas to track the militants.

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