The operation is still underway. —ANI

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 8

An Army jawan and three militants were killed in a gunfight as the Army foiled an infiltration bid in North Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district.The bid was foiled close to the Line on Control in Nowgam sector, 130 kms from here, when a group of militants was intercepted during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday by the Army.”As terrorists were challenged, they opened fire triggering a gunfight. In the gunfight, three terrorists were killed and one soldier was martyred,” an Army spokesman said.The operation in the dense forests is still underway. The identity of the slain soldier and militants could not be ascertained immediately.This is the second infiltration bid foiled since Wednesday in north Kashmir. Three unidentified militants were killed in Machil sector of Kupwara when they were trying to sneak into the Valley.