In a fresh 27-hour-long gunfight that erupted on Tuesday morning near the Line of Control (LOC), two militants hiding in a village in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region were killed. According to the officials, privy to the development, the security forces launched their final assault against militants holed up in the area.
On Tuesday, the two militants were killed within a span of two hours after joint teams of the army and the police launched the final assault near Assan temple in Jogwan village in the Battal-Khour area, the officials said.
“The operation also saw the successful recovery of war-like stores, marking a critical step in maintaining security in the region,” Army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
Military op in Akhnoor: Key points
According to PTI, one of the three militants who fired at an army ambulance that was part of a convoy moving near the Line of Control (LoC) was killed by the evening.
It has been reported that the militants were hiding near the Assan temple in Jogwan village in Khour. Following an all-night search operation, the security forces on Tuesday morning launched a final assault against the holed-up terrorists around 7 am in the Bhattal Aera of Khour.
On Tuesday morning, before the two militants was killed, the local people heard deafening explosions followed by intense firing that continued for over an hour including intermittent exchange of fire.
Besides helicopters and drones, for the very first time, the Army deployed its four BMP-II infantry combat vehicles for surveillance and strengthening the cordon around the attack site.
On Monday, Phantom, a four-year-old valiant Army dog, died after being hit by a bullet during the operation.
Baramulla, Ganderbal: Similar recent incidents
In recent times, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a number of similar encounters that broke out between the armed forces and the militants in several areas of the Union Territory.
Taking cognisance of the increased reports of bloodshed in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had said that every drop of innocent blood spilt in the valley would be avenged.
Last week, two soldiers and two civilians were killed after terrorists ambushed army vehicles in the Baramulla district while days before that, militants gunned down a local doctor and six non-local labourers at a tunnel construction site in the Gagangir area of Ganderbal.
