Three terrorists killed as army foils infiltration bid along LoC in Keran

Three terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the army said on Sunday.

The infiltration bid was foiled in the Keran sector of Kupwara on LoC. “Three terrorists have been eliminated in the ongoing anti-infiltration operation on the LoC in Keran sector along with recovery of weapons and other war-like stores,” the strategic Chinar Corps said in a post on ‘X’.

The army said that the operation was still going on but released no information about the identity of the slain terrorists.

Police officials didn’t provide information about the ongoing operation. “We are yet to receive any information about the operation,” said an official of the police control room, Kupwara.

The operation comes just a week after security forces killed six militants in two separate gunfights in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on July 6 and 7 even as the army lost two of its soldiers who were killed in the gunfights.

Four militants and one soldier were killed on July 6 in Chinigam, while another soldier died in Modergam. The remaining two militants were killed on July 7 as the Modergam operation concluded.

On June 23, an infiltrator was killed in an anti-infiltration operation by security forces near Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

The army had foiled the infiltration bid by a group of militants to sneak into the Valley near Basgrain village on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector by challenging the infiltrating group leading to exchange of fire.

In April, the army had killed two infiltrators in Uri near Rustam post. The army later blamed Pakistani forces for giving cover-fire to two infiltrators who were killed by the security forces near Sabura nullah on the LoC in the Uri sector. It was the first infiltration attempt of the year, which was averted by the alert forces.

In November last year, the army had foiled a similar infiltration bid in the Uri sector and neutralised two terrorists.