Terror Attack In Jammu & Kashmir Rajouri?

Rajouri terror attack: 5 Army personnel killed in blast triggered by terrorists during operation in J&K

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Matney Media

May 7,2023

NEW DELHI: Five Army personnel were killed in a blast that was triggered by terrorists in a thickly vegetated area in Kandi forest of Jammu & Kashmir's  Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. Two jawans were immediately killed in the explosion while three others succumbed to their injuries later.

Here are the top developments:
* A statement from the Army's Northern Command said its personnel have been conducting "relentless intelligence-based operations to flush out a group of terrorists involved in an ambush on an Army truck in the Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in Jammu region last month".

* "On specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kandi Forest in the Rajouri Sector, a joint operation was launched on May 3. Around 7.30 am on Friday, a search team established contact with a group of terrorists well entrenched in a cave. The area is thickly vegetated with rocky and steep cliffs.
* The statement said additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of the encounter and the injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital at Udhampur.

As per initial reports, a group of terrorists are trapped in the area, it said adding, "There is a likelihood of casualities in the terrorist group and the operation is in the progress".
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