Three soldiers were injured during that attack.
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The army official said the slain militants were involved in August 19 attack on BSF post in Tanghdar sector in which three BSF men and an army porter were injured. Security forces launched an operation and on Sunday morning after information about the presence of militants in the forests.
Three AK rifles, 15 AK magazines and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the killed militants and combing operation is still on.
The sources said that around four to five terrorists were spotted by the army’s 4 Para commandos along the LoC.
“Army foiled an infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district”.
The entire area has been cordoned off for the security reasons.
The Indian Army personnel killed all three terrorists in an encounter that broke down in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday.
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This is the second attack in last three days.
