Barely two days after the terror attack in Uri, two infiltration bids were made from across the border in Kashmir yesterday but they were foiled by the Army in an encounter in which 10 terrorists and a jawan were killed
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New Delhi: Barely two days after the terror attack in Uri, two infiltration bids were made from across the border in Kashmir yesterday but they were foiled by the Army in an encounter in which 10 terrorists and a jawan were killed even as Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and fired at Indian positions.
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“Two infiltration bids by militants from across the Line of Control(LoC) have been foiled in Uri and Nowgam sectors today. The operations are in progress at both places,” an army spokesman said in Srinagar. The spokesman refused to comment on the number of militants killed in the ongoing operations so far, saying details will be made public in due course. He, however, said one soldier was killed in the operation in Nowgam sector.
15 tried to infiltrate
Army sources in Delhi, however, said that 10 terrorists were killed in the encounter with the army in the Uri sector. The bodies have not yet been recovered, they added. The sources said a group of 15 terrorists had attempted to infiltrate into Indian territory.