Chasing Terrorists, Army Dog Dies Trying To Save Handler

An Army soldier and a suspected Pakistani terrorist were killed during a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

She did everything a soldier is expected to do, including making the ultimate sacrifice - giving her own life to save another's. She was no ordinary soldier though, but a six-year-old dog named Kent. 

An Army soldier and a suspected Pakistani terrorist were killed in a gunfight during a search operation in a remote village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Kent was leading a column of soldiers on the trail of terrorists who were attempting to flee the scene.

"Army dog Kent was at the forefront of 'Operation Sujaligala'. Kent was leading a column of soldiers on the trail of the fleeing terrorists. It came under heavy hostile fire. While shielding its handler, it laid down its life in the best traditions of the Indian Army,"  an Army statement said.