Three Indian Soldiers Martyred, Five Terrorists Killed In Jammu And Kashmir

Three Indian soldiers lost their lives during an anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector on Sunday.The heavily armed terrorists were intercepted by the Indian Army soldiers on Sunday morning while they were trying to infiltrate from across the LoC through the Rungdori Behak area of Keran sector.?

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In the gun battle that followed, five terrorists and an Indian soldier were killed, while two army men who suffered injuries in this operation succumbed later in the day. The security forces have killed nine terrorists in Kashmir during the last 24 hours. Four terrorists belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces in Kulgam district.?

The other gunbattle broke out in a neighborhood in southern Kulgam town as police and soldiers scoured the area looking for terrorists.As troops began conducting searches, they came under heavy gunfire, leading to a clash that killed four terrorists.The fighting comes amid an ongoing lockdown in Kashmir to combat spread of the coronavirus.?

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Among the nine, four Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed at Batpura area of South Kashmir on Saturday. They were involved in the killing of civilians.The four Hizbul Mujahideen militants, according to the sources, were killed in day-long encounter."On specific intelligence, a joint operation by the CRPF and the SOG (Special Operations Group) Kulgam was launched in Kulgam. In a day-long encounter four hardcore militants of the HM group have been killed and large cache of arms and ammunition has been recovered from them," the defence source added.?

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This group was allegedly involved in the recent incidents of civilian killings.Militants killed in the Kulgam Encounter are identified as Aijaz Ahmed Naiko (Moosa) from Kulgam, active since 2018; Shahid Ahmed Malik (Kulgam) and active since 2019; Waqar Farooq from Kulgam and missing since last month; and M. Ashraf Malik (Sadam) from Anantnag.