The bloodshed along the line of Control (loC) continued on Tuesday as Pakistani troops killed an Indian soldier in Nowgam sector of Kupwara, while two infiltrators were killed as Army foiled an infiltration bid in Gurez sector of Bandipore in north Kashmir.
The soldier was killed on Tuesday afternoon when Pakistani troops fired sniper rifles near the loC in Nowgam sector, 120 km northwest of Srinagar.
Sources said the soldier was critically wounded in the targeted firing and later succumbed to his injuries.
The identity of the slain soldier could not be established immediately. Nowgam sector is frequently used by the infiltrators to ingress into Kashmir region from across the loC. The sniper firing took place a day after a soldier was injured in Dulanja area of Uri sector in Baramulla.
In another incident, two unidentified terrorists were killed in a gunfight as Army foiled infiltration bid in Gurez sector of Bandipore district.
A group of terrorists was intercepted by soldiers close to the loC in Gurez sector, some 180 kms from here, in the wee hours near Kanzalwan.
“As terrorists were challenged, they opened fire triggering a gunfight. In the gunfight two terrorists have been killed. The exchange of fire has stopped but massive combing is still underway,” Defence sources said.
Three weapons were recovered from the gunfight site.
The Army suspects that the slain militants were part of a larger group and there is possibility of more interfaces with infiltrators in the area.
This year over 100 militants have been killed in Kashmir region by the security forces.
In another incident, a 60-year-old civilian who was injured in a firing incident at Bijbehara on Monday afternoon succumbed to his injuries. locals alleged that the elderly person was shot at and injured by troops following an altercation.