Tribune News Service
Srinagar, November 13
Two Army jawans were injured in an ongoing operation in Kupwara district on Friday. Sources said the police and Army had been carrying out massive searches in the forest area of Haihama in Kupwara, 110 km from Srinagar, after a brief gunfight on Friday afternoon.
The sources suspected that two or three militants were hiding in the area. “There was a brief gunfight between militants and soldiers when the latter were carrying out searches in the forest area,” the sources said.
Unconfirmed reports said one militant was killed in the gunfight. The Army did not confirm the killing of a militant.
“So far, two of our soldiers have been injured,” said an Army spokesman. He did not disclose the identity of the twoinjured soliders.
It could not be immediately ascertained whether the group of militants trapped inside the forest had infiltrated recently or had been active in the area.Tribune News Service