Mohura, (Uri), December 5, (Scoop News)-A group of heavily armed and well equipped intruders opened a heavy volume of fire with automatic weapons at an army camp in Mohura during wee hours on Friday, a
defence official said.
“Army troops from within the camp retaliated immediately and engaged the infiltrators. The troops from the neighbouring camps, who were already in a state of high alert, immediately mobilized their QRTs
(Quick Reaction Team), rushing to the site and surrounding the area”,he said.
In the ensuing fire fight, all six foreign infiltrators were eliminated.
The official said encounter between the army and the group of armed inflitrators which commenced in the early hours at approximately 3 AM on Friday and lasted over six hours.
The initial part of the Operation, the official said, one terrorist opened fire on the vehicles of the QRT of the neighbouring unit rushing to the site, in which one gypsy went off the road and
overturned, leading to casualties among the security forces.
The infiltrator was immediately eliminated by the troops of the QRT and his body recovered.
During the operation, a barrack also caught fire, presumably because of a kerosene heater toppling, in which some soldiers got trapped. The operations continued relentlessly and by 9.30 AM, the arme intruders were eliminated.
In clearing up operations which commenced thereafter, the bodies of five more infiltrators were recovered, bringing the total to six infiltrators eliminated.
The official said in the intense operations, one officer and seven soldiers of the army,one ASI and two constable of the JKP made the supreme sacrifice.
Six AK rifles with 55 Magazines, two shotguns, 2 Night Vision Binoculars, 4 Radio Sets, 32 unused Grenades, 1 Medical Kit and a large quantity of miscellaneous warlike stores were recovered from the dead terrorists.
The combing operations in the surrounding areas are still going on, the official said.
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Mohura, (Uri), December 5, (Scoop News)-A group of heavily armed and well equipped intruders opened a heavy volume of fire with automatic weapons at an army camp in Mohura during wee hours on Friday, a
defence official said.
“Army troops from within the camp retaliated immediately and engaged the infiltrators. The troops from the neighbouring camps, who were already in a state of high alert, immediately mobilized their QRTs
(Quick Reaction Team), rushing to the site and surrounding the area”,he said.
In the ensuing fire fight, all six foreign infiltrators were eliminated.
The official said encounter between the army and the group of armed inflitrators which commenced in the early hours at approximately 3 AM on Friday and lasted over six hours.
The initial part of the Operation, the official said, one terrorist opened fire on the vehicles of the QRT of the neighbouring unitrushing to the site, in which one gypsy went off the road and
overturned, leading to casualties among the security forces.
The infiltrator was immediately eliminated by the troops of the QRT and his body recovered.
During the operation, a barrack also caught fire, presumably because of a kerosene heater toppling, in which some soldiers got trapped. The operations continued relentlessly and by 9.30 AM, the arme intruders were eliminated.
In clearing up operations which commenced thereafter, the bodies of five more infiltrators were recovered, bringing the total to six infiltrators eliminated.
The official said in the intense operations, one officer and seven soldiers of the army,one ASI and two constable of the JKP made the supreme sacrifice.
Six AK rifles with 55 Magazines, two shotguns, 2 Night Vision Binoculars, 4 Radio Sets, 32 unused Grenades, 1 Medical Kit and a large quantity of
miscellaneous warlike stores were recovered from the dead terrorists.
The combing operations in the surrounding areas are still going on, the official said.
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