December 12, 2024 17:51 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Amid Atul Subhash row, SC says mere harassment is not enough to prove abetment to suicide | India's D Gukesh becomes youngest ever world champion in chess | Devendra Fadnavis meets PM Modi amid suspense over Maharashtra portfolio allocation | Congress wants to deviate the issue of Sonia Gandhi-George Soros link: JP Nadda | Bengaluru techie suicide: Atul Subhash's family demanded Rs. 10 lakh as dowry leading to my father's death, claims estranged wife | Syria rebels torch tomb of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's father | Donald Trump vows to eliminate birthright citizenship after taking charge | No alliance with Congress in Delhi polls: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal | Bengaluru techie's suicide: Atul Subhash's wife and her family booked | Bengaluru techie's suicide: Atul Subhash's wife and her family booked

Infiltration bid foiled in Kashmir, 5 militants killed

| | Aug 08, 2017, at 03:22 am
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IBNS): Five militants were killed as a major infiltration bid was foiled by army in Machil sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara on Monday.

According to defence sources, soldiers posted at Machil sector near Line of Control noticed some suspicious movement near the fence today in the afternoon and fired some warning shots.

“Warning shots retaliated by militants ensued fierce gunfight resulting death of  five infiltrators,” defence official said.

Bodies of all five militants have been recovered along with arms and ammunition from the gunfight spot.

Identification of militants and affiliation is yet to be clear and search operation is still on in the area, official said.

(Repeating by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.