Two more terrorists killed in Jammu encounter following attack on Army convoy

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir eliminate three terrorists near LoC after 27-hour gunfight, using special forces and BMP-II vehicles.

Security forces on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the 27-hour-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) to three, officials said.

One of the three terrorists who fired at an ambulance that was part of an Army convoy moving near the LoC on Monday morning was killed by evening in the operation that also witnessed action by special forces and NSG commandos and the use of BMP-II infantry combat vehicles.

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The other two terrorists were killed on Tuesday in a span of two hours after the joint teams of the Army and the police launched the final assault near the Assan temple in Jogwan village in the Battal-Khour area, the officials said.

They said the encounter has ended but the operation is on to retrieve the bodies of the slain terrorists who are believed to have infiltrated from across the border on Sunday night before appearing outside a temple and targeting the Army convoy.

"After a night-long lull, the security forces pushed for a final assault against the holed-up terrorists at around 7 am, leading to a fresh gunfight," an official said.

A couple of deafening explosions followed by intense firing continued for over an hour before the second terrorist was killed, the officials said, adding intermittent exchange of fire continued for another hour before the third trapped ultra was eliminated.