JAMMU: At least three jawans were injured when terrorists ambushed an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.
The vehicle came under attack in the Savni area on the Thanamandi-Surankote road.
It was carrying jawans from Bufliaz, where a cordon-and-search operation against terrorists has been underway since Wednesday.
The terrorists fired upon the vehicle, leaving at least three jawans injured, the officials said.
An Army spokesperson said “contact” has been established with the terrorists and an exchange of fire was underway in the area.
Additional forces have been rushed to the spot.
Last month, four Army personnel, including two captains, were killed and two others were injured during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The Rajouri encounter came close on the heels of another gunfight in Behrote in the Budhal area on November 17, in which one terrorist was killed.
Two earlier ambushes in the Mendhar area of Poonch and Kandi forest of Rajouri on April 20 and May 5 respectively had claimed the lives of 10 soldiers.
According to officials, 46 deaths have been recorded in terrorism-related incidents in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch and nearby Reasi district since January this year.
While 23 people, including seven terrorists and nine security personnel, were killed in Rajouri, 15 terrorists and five security personnel have been killed in Poonch district.
Three terrorists were killed in the Reasi district.
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