- JAMMU — Seven terrorists were killed on Friday by troops of the Border
Security Force (BSF) during a foiled infiltration bid on the International
Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district.
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- BSF sources said a heavily armed group of terrorists,
aided by fire cover by Pakistan rangers, tried to infiltrate into the Indian
side of the International Border in Samba district.
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- “Seven terrorists have been killed during this foiled
infiltration bid. The operation is still going on in the area,” sources said.
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- After its drones and low-range missiles fired at target
defence installations were neutralised by the alert troops in Jammu, Samba,
R.S. Pura and other places, terrorists aided by Pakistan troops made an
unsuccessful infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on the
border.
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- A BSF spokesman said a major infiltration bid from across
the International Border was foiled around 11 p.m. on Thursday evening. The
intruding terrorists were forced to withdraw back into the Pakistan side of the
border.
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- A woman was killed and another injured in Pakistan's
heavy mortar shelling on civilian areas in the Uri sector of Baramulla district
late Thursday evening.
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- Officials said a vehicle travelling from Razerwani to
Baramulla was hit by a shell fired from across the Line Of Control (LoC) near
Mohura.
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- In this incident, a woman identified as Nargis Begum was
killed while another woman, Hafeeza Begum was injured. Pakistan Army continued
resorting to heavy mortar shelling in Uri, Tangdhar, Poonch and Rajouri on the
LoC and in Samba on the International Border.
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- Drones and low-range missiles fired at Jammu airport as
well as other defence installations in Jammu city failed as these were
neutralised in the air by an efficient air defence system put in place by the
Armed Forces.
