Added on August 7, 2023
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Army foils infiltration bid in Poonch; one terrorist killed
Poonch/Jammu, Aug 7 (PTI) A terrorist was gunned down in a gunfight as Army troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday scuttled an infiltration attempt from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.
The alert troops in Degwar sector noticed the movement of some terrorists attempting to sneak into this side under the cover of darkness in the early hours of the day and engaged them in an encounter, the officials said.
They said one terrorist was gunned down but his body was yet to be retrieved from the scene.