At least one terrorist was killed after an attack on an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector on Monday, sources said. Security forces are currently engaged in gunfire with terrorists in the area.
However, official confirmation was awaited on the development.
At around 7 am in the Batal area, three terrorists opened multiple rounds of fire at the Army vehicle. The security forces promptly cordoned off the area and launched a manhunt, according to sources.
The incident took place as security forces in Jammu and Kashmir had implemented elaborate security measures in the Jammu region in preparation for the Diwali festival season.
However, in a concerning development, at least 12 people, including two soldiers, have been killed in multiple gunfights across Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the valley, over the past week.
On October 24, terrorists ambushed an Army vehicle near Gulmarg in Baramulla, killing two soldiers and two porters, while earlier that day, a teenager from Uttar Pradesh was injured in a separate attack in Tral, marking the third assault on migrant workers in Kashmir within a week.
On October 20, terrorists killed seven people, including a doctor and six migrant workers, at a construction site in Sonamarg, Ganderbal district. Another migrant worker from Bihar was attacked two days before this incident. In vire of these repeated terrorist attacks, a high-level meeting was held at Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor's house on October 24.
According to an official, an investigation into the attack in Gaderbal district has indicated significant gaps in intelligence and undetected infiltration since last one year along the Line of Control (LoC).
