Two militants, trooper killed in Jammu attack, toll 4

[Areesh]

Two militants and an army trooper were killed while six people including three troopers were injured during an ongoing militant attack in Kathua district of the Jammu region.

Sources told Kashmir Dispatch the gunmen, who had hijacked a car in the morning hours and fired at its inmates, were intercepted after a two-hour chase near an army camp and a private college in Kalibari-Janglote belt of the district, triggering a heavy exchange of fire between the two sides. Two militants and an army trooper have been killed so far, a top police official said.

He said six people including three troopers were injured. The firing had stopped when the report was filed.


Earlier in the day, one person was killed and three others injured the unidentified gunmen wearing army uniforms fired at a private vehicle in the district of the Jammu region.


A senior police officer said the unidentified gunmen stopped a Mahindra Balero vehicle at Dayala Chak in Kathua district on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway at around 4.30 a.m. Friday.


After hijacking the vehicle, the gunmen attacked an army camp near Janglote in the same district where a gunfight started between them and security personnel, the officer added.


"The gunmen, reportedly three to four in number, have escaped in the same vehicle. A high alert has been sounded and a massive effort had been launched to hunt down the assailants", the officer said.


The injured were rushed to a hospital.

Dayala Chak, 55 km from Jammu on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway, falls under the jurisdiction of Hira Nagar police station in Kathua district which was attacked by militants Sep 26, 2013.


Eleven people -- five policemen, a civilian, two army men, including a major, and three terrorists -- were were killed in the 2013 terror attack.


After attacking the Hira Nagar police station, the terrorists had entered an army camp on the Pathankote-Jammu national highway near Samba town and killed a major and a soldier.


BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had addressed an election rally in Hira Nagar town Wednesday.


Kathua district is one of the voting districts for the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency where Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is fighting the elections.

Two militants, trooper killed in Jammu attack, toll 4 - Latest Kashmir News & Analysis - - Kashmir Dispatch

RIP the civilian.

 

[Windjammer]

Srinagar: An encounter which took place in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir leaving five dead ended on Tuesday evening.

Two policemen, one Army personnel and two terrorists have been killed in the encounter.

Four Army personnel were also injured. The encounter took place in the Zoonarewshi area of district Kupwara district near the Line of Control.

J&K: Kupwara encounter ends, two terrorists gunned down