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Final Up to date: April 23, 2023, 23:36 IST
5 Military personnel had been killed and one other was critically injured on Thursday after their automobile caught hearth following a terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. (File Picture/PTI)
They stated a sniper is believed to have focused the truck from the entrance earlier than the opposite terrorists sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades on it.
The terrorists who ambushed an Military truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch used metal core bullets, able to piercing an armoured protect, and decamped with the troopers’ weapons, officers stated on Sunday, amid intensified efforts to hint and neutralise the perpetrators.
They stated a sniper is believed to have focused the truck from the entrance earlier than the opposite terrorists sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades on it.
5 troopers had been killed and one injured after the terrorists attacked the lone Military truck, which was carrying eatables for iftar to a close-by village, within the dense forest space of Bhata Dhurian late on Thursday afternoon and the automobile caught hearth.
The troopers had been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
Specialists from varied businesses, together with the Nationwide Safety Guard (NSG) and the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), have visited the location of the assault over the previous two days and have managed to get a transparent image of the lethal ambush which was laid by the terrorists, the officers stated.
They stated a sniper is believed to have focused the automobile from the entrance earlier than his associates showered bullets and lobbed grenades on the automobile from reverse sides, apparently giving the troops no time to retaliate.
The terrorists used metal core bullets that may penetrate an armoured protect, they stated.
Earlier than fleeing, the terrorists stole the troopers’ arms and ammunition, they added.
Although the world the place the assault befell is taken into account terrorism-free for lengthy, the Bhata Dhurian forest space stays a infamous infiltration route for terrorists making an attempt to sneak into India by crossing the Line of Management (LoC) attributable to its topography, dense forest cowl and pure caves.
In October 2021, 9 troopers had been killed in two main gunfights with terrorists inside 4 days within the forest space throughout a search operation that continued for over three weeks.
Thursday’s ambush was additionally a grim reminder of a terrorist assault on the official automobile of a judicial Justice of the Peace over 20 years in the past. District and Classes Decide V Ok Phool, a civilian and two police personnel had been killed within the assault which befell on December 5, 2001, within the Dehra Ki Gali forests close to the Bhata Dhurian forests.
The officers stated over 12 folks have been detained for questioning in reference to the Poonch assault however no arrests have been made thus far.
Safety forces are utilizing drones and sniffer canines to conduct a recce of the dense forest however success has eluded them thus far, they stated.
It’s believed that the terrorists have managed to create secure hideouts within the dense forest to flee the safety dragnet or could have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, they added.
In response to the officers, preliminary experiences counsel the involvement of round 5 terrorists, together with some overseas mercenaries, within the assault.
After the ambush, the terrorists presumably used grenades in addition to sticky bombs that triggered the automobile to erupt into flames.
The officers stated those that executed the assault are believed to have been in Rajouri and Poonch for greater than a 12 months and had sufficient data of the terrain, which is sort of powerful.
The realm is a hotbed of Jammu and Kashmir Gaznavi Power (JKGF) as its ‘commander’ Rafiq Ahmed alias Rafiq Nayi is a resident of the world, they added.
At current, three to 4 terrorist teams are lively within the area of Rajouri and Poonch, sources stated.
Banned terror group Individuals’s Anti-Fascist Entrance (PAFF), a proxy wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed, has claimed duty for the assault. There are experiences suggesting that it was the handiwork of banned Lashker-e-Taiba group additionally. PTI COR SKL DIV DIV
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