Troops foil terror attack in north Kashmir

Alert troops on Sunday foiled a terror attack in the border town of Uri in north Kashmir when they intercepted and challenged a group of armed men, ensuing an encounter in which a foreign militant was killed so far. Director General of Police (DGP) Dr SP Vaid said the militants carried out September 18, 2016 attack on Army camp in which 18 soldiers were killed and over 20 others were injured. Four Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were also killed in the encounter.

A senior police officer Natish Kumar said security forces spotted a group of militants at village Kalgi area in Uri in Baramulla district in the wee hours today. When challenged and asked to surrender militants opened fire, he said adding the fire was returned and in the exchange of fire a foreign militant was killed. He said the operation was still going on when the reports last came in. In a series of tweets Mr Kumar said “ Terrorists movement spotted in Kalgi area of #Uri. Operation launched by Baramulla Police, @adgpi and @crpf_srinagar. @JmuKmrPolice “.

He said “During search op, #terrorists opened fire. Villagers entrapped in gun battle rescued. 1 terrorist killed so far. Operation is still on”. Another senior police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said a Pakistani militant was killed in the encounter. Security forces are searching for two more militants in the area. Dr Vaid talking to reporters on the sidelines of Police-Public Mela here today said alert security forces averted repeat of September 18, 2016 like fidayeen attack in Uri by intercepting the militants.