India foils infiltration bid

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SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian Army troopers Friday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid online-of-control (LoC) by killing two militants in India-controlled Kashmir, defense officials said.

The Indian army spokesperson in Srinagar, Lt.Col. J. S. Brar told Xinhua that the militants were killed in Keran sector of Kupwara, around 130 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir.

"Two militants were gunned down during a gunfight that triggered after the troops guarding the LoC observed suspicious movement and zeroed on to check it. It's an infiltration bid that has been foiled," said Brar.

The troops have cordoned off the entire area and search operation is underway. Further details about the gunfight are awaited.

On Thursday one militant was killed in a similar encounter that broke out in Tangdhar-Kupwara, 130 km northwest of Srinagar.

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J&K: 3 infiltrators killed, Army Capt injured

SRINAGAR: The Army said on Tuesday that its troops foiled an infiltration bid by killing three terrorists in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

Captain Gautam Singh of 12 Bihar Regiment was injured in the crossfire. Defence ministry spokesman Lt Col J S Brar told TOI troops of 11 Jat and 12 Bihar regiments noticed some suspicious movement along Line of Control near Eagle Post at Tangdhar, 170 km from Srinagar, in the frontier district. Asked to surrender, the terrorists opened fire, triggering an encounter, he said adding the operation was still going when last reports came in.

This is the third infiltration bid foiled by troops in less than a week. On October 29, troops killed an infiltrator in Tangdhar area. The next day, they killed two more in Keran sector of Kupwara district.

In a separate incident, terrorists on Monday hurled a hand grenade at a Sufi shrine at Astan Mohallah in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. The grenade exploded close to the shrine injuring two people, police said.

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