Nowshera infiltration bid: Injured intruder succumbs, death toll touches 2
Jammu/UNI: One more intruder was killed as infiltration bid was foiled along the Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district, Defence sources here said on Wednesday.
They further said that initially, out of group of reportedly five intruders, one died on the spot on Tuesday night when they tried to sneak into Indian Territory and two suffered injuries.
"Out of injured, one more succumbed late night and he was identified as Abid Hussain," sources added.
The sources said on Tuesday that a movement of a group of intruders was seen in Samhani Bagsar area in Nowshera sector and it was well intercepted before they could have managed to reach LoC and were engaged.
''Amid engagement of intruders, an explosion took place in the area after one of the infiltrators stepped over a land mine or an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and died on the spot,'' sources further said adding that the body of the killed intruder has not been recovered and there were apprehensions that it was taken away by the intruders who returned back.
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