Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists targeted an army vehicle in Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir. During this period several rounds were fired. According to the latest information, three terrorists have been killed in retaliation. Security forces are currently carrying out a massive search operation.
Security forces killed three
Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Akhnoor area of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Officials here said that the encounter started when the terrorists opened fire on the army ambulance in the morning. However, there is no news of anyone being injured in the attack yet. Security forces immediately responded and cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. After which firing started from both sides. Sources said that three terrorists were killed and their bodies have been recovered. At present the search operation is going on.
According to the information received, the terrorists first entered the temple and damaged an idol. But no harm was caused to the people present there. While fleeing from there, the terrorists opened fire on the army ambulance. Jammu SSP said that it is believed that three terrorists were seen near Asan Temple in Akhnoor in Jammu district. They fired a few rounds at the army ambulance. The area has been cordoned off and police and security forces have started a joint search operation. Three terrorists were seen at Shiv Asan Temple located in Batal village of Palanwala sector on LOC at around 7.15 am. He was in army uniform. All three were armed.
The terrorists took hostage three students who had come to the temple for tuition. But after some time he was released. Master Manoj Kumar, who runs the tuition center, also saw the three terrorists. He told that he was at the gate of the temple. I saw the terrorists and I went back. The situation remains tense in a sensitive area of Jammu and Kashmir, where incidents of firing are taking place. According to the information, there is an army unit base just five hundred meters away from the firing site.