Indian Army beats back Pakistani attack along LoC, slays 2 militants

Army sources said that alert troops repulsed an attack by a Pakistani border action team

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : May 26 2017 | 3:55 PM IST
The Indian Army on Friday said its troops foiled an attack by a Pakistani border action team (BAT) while on patrol along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir's Uri sector, killing two militants.

"Alert troops foiled a BAT attack on our patrol party in Uri sector today. Two BAT terrorists were killed in the operation," an army official said here.

The BAT attack was effectively repulsed, the official said.

According to police sources, the bodies of the two slain militants were lying in no man's land along the LoC.
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First Published: May 26 2017 | 3:52 PM IST

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