5 Armymen Killed, 5 Injured in Terrorist Ambush in Kathua
Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed and five others injured in a remote village of Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, when infiltrators ambushed a routine patrol vehicle near Badnota village of the area.
Officials claimed that the incident took place at around 3:30 pm on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road, which is around 150 km from the main Kathua town. Elite para commandos have been deployed on the ground as the operation continued with the intermittent exchange of fire.
The attack took place on the 8th death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, who was killed in Kashmir on this day in 2016, followed by several months of protests in the Valley.
The area falls under the old infiltration route along the international border, which the infiltrators seem to have revived. This remote area is mainly manned by BSF and falls under the jurisdiction of 9 Corps of the Army, which is part of the Army's Western Command.
Last week, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Jammu to review the security scenario and was also briefed by the Army formations including the 9 Corps known as Rising Star Corps.
This is the second incident in the Jammu region in last 24 hours. Earlier, on June 7, an Army personnel was injured when militants opened fire on a security post in a village in Rajouri. «Terrorists opened fire at the Army vehicle from a hill. They also hurled grenades. We have rushed reinforcements to the area,» an official said.
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