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SRINAGAR, Indian-occupied Kashmir, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian army was killed and a trooper was wounded early Saturday in a fierce gunfight with militants on line-of-control (LoC) in the Indian-occupied Kashmir, officials said.
The gunfight broke out early Saturday after Indian troops noticed suspicious movement near LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district, about 165 km northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of the Indian-occupied Kashmir.
"An officer of the rank of JCO was killed and a trooper was wounded fighting militants near LoC today," said Col. Naresh Vij, Indian army spokesman.
"The gunfight triggered after alert troopers deployed in the area tried to foil an infiltration bid of about four to five militants at around 2:30 a.m. (local time)."
The wounded trooper was immediately removed to hospital for treatment.
"Militants have managed to escape in the darkness, leaving behind war like ammunition stores."
Army has intensified searches in the area to trace the militants, officials said.
Reports said it was the second militant group intercepted by troopers in the past two weeks. Earlier this month a group of five to six heavily-armed militants sneaked into Indian-controlled Kashmir near Kupwara.
Though troopers launched massive combing operation using helicopters in the forest area to trace the infiltrators, but so far they have not been able to track the group.
Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region, is divided between India and Pakistan by a de facto border called line-of-control (LoC). Both India and Pakistan claim the region in full. Since their Independence from British, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.A guerrilla war is also going on between militants and the Indian troops stationed in Indian- occupied Kashmir over the past more than two decades.
Indian army officer killed, trooper wounded in gunfight on LoC dividing Kashmir -- Shanghai Daily | ???? -- English Window to China New
The gunfight broke out early Saturday after Indian troops noticed suspicious movement near LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district, about 165 km northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of the Indian-occupied Kashmir.
"An officer of the rank of JCO was killed and a trooper was wounded fighting militants near LoC today," said Col. Naresh Vij, Indian army spokesman.
"The gunfight triggered after alert troopers deployed in the area tried to foil an infiltration bid of about four to five militants at around 2:30 a.m. (local time)."
The wounded trooper was immediately removed to hospital for treatment.
"Militants have managed to escape in the darkness, leaving behind war like ammunition stores."
Army has intensified searches in the area to trace the militants, officials said.
Reports said it was the second militant group intercepted by troopers in the past two weeks. Earlier this month a group of five to six heavily-armed militants sneaked into Indian-controlled Kashmir near Kupwara.
Though troopers launched massive combing operation using helicopters in the forest area to trace the infiltrators, but so far they have not been able to track the group.
Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region, is divided between India and Pakistan by a de facto border called line-of-control (LoC). Both India and Pakistan claim the region in full. Since their Independence from British, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.A guerrilla war is also going on between militants and the Indian troops stationed in Indian- occupied Kashmir over the past more than two decades.
Indian army officer killed, trooper wounded in gunfight on LoC dividing Kashmir -- Shanghai Daily | ???? -- English Window to China New
