Two soldiers killed, 3 injured in encounter with terrorists in Kokernag
SRINAGAR, Aug 10 (PTI): Two Army personnel were killed and three others injured in a fierce gunfight with terrorists at a forest in a remote area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.
The incident occurred at Ahlan Gagarmandu forest in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district during a cordon and search operation that was launched following information about the presence of terrorists there, they said.
The terrorists hiding in the forest opened indiscriminate fire upon noticing the search parties, leading to an intense gun battle, officials said.
