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SRINAGAR: Four to five army personnel, including a Major rank officer, were gravely wounded and a Pakistani terrorist was killed in a gunfire exchange alongโ€ฆ

SRINAGAR: Four to five army personnel, including a Major rank officer, were gravely wounded and a Pakistani terrorist was killed in a gunfire exchange along the LoC in a Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) attack in Jammu and Kashmirโ€™s Kupwara region on Saturday at dawn.

The Indian Army in an X post said, โ€œThere has been a gunfire exchange with unknown forces at a forward position in Kamkari, Macchal Sector on the border. One Pakistani individual was eliminated while two of our soldiers sustained injuries and have been evacuated. Operations are ongoing.โ€

Earlier, the Indian Army thwarted an infiltration attempt in Kupwaraโ€™s Keran region, eliminating two terrorists. On July 14, three terrorists were neutralized as security forces stopped another infiltration attempt in Keran.

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This week, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed two encounters between terrorists and the security forces. On Wednesday, one soldier and a terrorist were killed in Kupwara.

Earlier in the week, an encounter in the Rajouri region resulted in the death of one terrorist and minor injuries to a soldier and a civilian.

Moreover, on July 16, four Indian Army personnel, including a Captain, were killed in a clash with terrorists in the Koti forests of the Doda region.

Further details are awaited.