Two Armymen killed in J&Ok firing, hunt on for gunmen

Indian military infantrymen stand guard inside of their military base. (Picture: Reuters/Document)

TWO SOLDIERS of the Military’s Fast Response Workforce succumbed to bullet accidents Thursday afternoon after two militants opened indiscriminate fire at a convoy deployed at the street at Zainakote in Srinagar’s suburbs, lower than 2 km from the headquarters of the counter-insurgency Kilo Drive.

J&Ok Police resources informed The Indian information {that a} joint seek operation has been introduced to nab the gunmen who have been armed with computerized guns, dressed in struggle fatigues and travelling in a Maruti automotive within the high-security zone. Police suspect that the attackers have been Pakistani terrorists from the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

“Terrorists fired indiscriminately on the Fast Response Workforce of Indian Military in Aban Shah Chowk, HMT, Khushipora, Srinagar as of late afternoon. Two infantrymen have been severely injured and have been evacuated to the closest clinical facility. Then again, they succumbed to their accidents,” Defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia stated.

J&Ok Police stated the warriors who died have been from the Territorial Military and recognized them as Sepoy Ratan (163 Battalion) and Sepoy Deshmukh (101 Battalion).

The Kashmir Valley, particularly Srinagar town and its outskirts, has noticed no less than 5 such “shoot and run” assaults this yr on police, paramilitary and Military staff:

# On October 5, militants killed two CRPF staff and wounded 3 others within the team close to Kandizal at the Srinagar-Jammu freeway.

# On August 30, militants fired on a J-Ok Police’s Particular Operations Staff (SOG) all the way through a rifle-snatching bid. Within the gunfight that adopted, 3 militants and a police staff have been killed.

# On August 17, militants fired on a joint safety staff at Kreeri village in north Kashmir, killing two CRPF staff and a policeman. 3 militants and two Armymen have been killed within the gunfight that adopted.

# On August 14, militants killed two policemen at Nowgam Srinagar at the Srinagar-Jammu freeway.

# On June 14, a CRPF officer used to be killed and two staff injured in a an identical assault at Panthachowk at the outskirts of Srinagar town.

In the meantime, two infantrymen have been injured in Kupwara district in a case of unintended fire. Assets stated the warriors, who have been injured when a gun used to be fired by accident, have been shifted to the Military medical institution in Kupwara, and one in every of them later to the Military’s base medical institution in Srinagar.

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