Srinagar/IBNS: Two soldiers and two porters were killed in a fresh terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla on Thursday, the Indian Army confirmed.
Three others were also injured in the operation.
In a post on X, the Indian Army's Chinar Corps confirmed an exchange of fire happened between soldiers and terrorists in the general area of Baramulla's Butapathri.
Update OP: BUTAPATHRI, #Baramulla During the firefight two soldiers and two porters have suffered injuries and have been evacuated for medical care. Operation in progress.#Kashmir@adgpi@NorthernComd_IA — Chinar Corps🍁 - Indian Army (@ChinarcorpsIA) October 24, 2024
Update OP: BUTAPATHRI, #Baramulla During the firefight two soldiers and two porters have suffered injuries and have been evacuated for medical care. Operation in progress.#Kashmir@adgpi@NorthernComd_IA
This was the third attack in a single day as earlier in the evening terrorists opened fire on an army vehicle in Butapathri injuring five soldiers, said reports.
The second attack came hours after a labourer was shot at and injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district earlier in the day.
The injured man was later identified as Pritam Singh, who is a resident of Uttar Pradesh. Upon receiving the information, security personnel reached the area. This was the third attack on non-local labourers in Kashmir in the past week.
On October 20, a doctor and six construction workers were killed during a terrorist attack at a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in the Ganderbal district.
Thursday's terror strikes took place amid the newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah's, meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Abdullah handed him a resolution seeking early restoration of statehood to the union territory.
Earlier in the day, Abdullah met Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and Union minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
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