Today’s attack came 24 hours after six terrorists – and two soldiers – were killed across two separate encounters in J&K’s Kulgam district.
Srinagar, 8th. July, 2024.
Five Army personnel were killed and six injured after terrorists attacked a military convoy in the remote Machedi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Monday afternoon. The Army vehicles were on a routine patrol on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road when attacked about 150 km from Kathua.
The injured have been shifted to a hospital for treatment.
After the initial attack – terrorists threw a grenade and then opened fire – the security forces retaliated but the terrorists fled into the nearby forest, officials said.
Reinforcements were rushed in and a search op has been launched to track down the terrorists.
Officials said there is intermittent firing going on between the terrorists and the security forces.
