Guerrilla killed as army foils another infiltration bid

A guerrilla was killed Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district as the army foiled another infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LOC), officials said.

"Army foiled an infiltration bid and killed one militant while seriously injuring the other on the LOC in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara," a defence spokesman said.

He said that based on inputs regarding movement of militants in the area, troops in Tangdhar were on alert and detected movement of two militants on the Indian side of the boundary dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

The spokesman said heavy fog with intermittent rains delayed operations throughout the day Thursday, but by night the weather started to clear, and two militants were observed.

On being detected, the two opened fire at the troops.

"The retaliatory fire by the troops resulted in elimination of one terrorist and seriously injuring the other terrorist. The dead body of the killed terrorist has been recovered while the search for the second injured terrorist is still in progress," he said.

An AK-47 rifle, ammunition and warlike stores were recovered on a search, he added.

The army had said Thursday it has killed five guerrillas during operations in Keran and Machil sectors of the LOC in Kupwara district while five more guerrillas had been killed in operations in Hafruda forests of the same district since Monday.