Through PTI
POONCH/JAMMU: The terrorists who ambushed an Military truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch used metal core bullets, able to piercing an armoured defend, and decamped with the warriors’ guns, officers mentioned on Sunday, amid intensified efforts to track and neutralise the perpetrators.
They mentioned a sniper is thought to have focused the truck from the entrance sooner than the opposite terrorists sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades on it.
5 infantrymen have been killed and one injured after the terrorists attacked the lone Military truck, which used to be sporting eatables for iftar to a close-by village, within the dense woodland house of Bhata Dhurian overdue on Thursday afternoon and the car stuck hearth.
The warriors have been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
Mavens from more than a few businesses, together with the Nationwide Safety Guard (NSG) and the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), have visited the website online of the assault over the last two days and feature controlled to get a transparent image of the fatal ambush which used to be laid through the terrorists, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned a sniper is thought to have focused the car from the entrance sooner than his friends showered bullets and lobbed grenades at the car from reverse facets, it sounds as if giving the troops no time to retaliate.
The terrorists used metal core bullets that may penetrate an armoured defend, they mentioned.
Ahead of fleeing, the terrorists stole the warriors’ palms and ammunition, they added.
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Although the realm the place the assault happened is thought of as terrorism-free for lengthy, the Bhata Dhurian woodland house stays a infamous infiltration direction for terrorists making an attempt to sneak into India through crossing the Line of Regulate (LoC) because of its topography, dense woodland quilt and herbal caves.
In October 2021, 9 infantrymen have been killed in two primary gunfights with terrorists inside of 4 days within the woodland house all through a seek operation that persevered for over 3 weeks.
Thursday’s ambush used to be additionally a grim reminder of a terrorist assault at the legitimate car of a judicial Justice of the Peace over 20 years in the past.
District and Classes Pass judgement on V Ok Phool, a civilian and two police group of workers have been killed within the assault which happened on December 5, 2001, within the Dehra Ki Gali forests close to the Bhata Dhurian forests.
The officers mentioned over 12 other people were detained for wondering in reference to the Poonch assault however no arrests were made up to now.
Safety forces are the usage of drones and sniffer canine to behavior a recce of the dense woodland however good fortune has eluded them up to now, they mentioned.
It’s believed that the terrorists have controlled to create protected hideouts within the dense woodland to flee the protection dragnet or could have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, they added.
In keeping with the officers, preliminary stories recommend the involvement of round 5 terrorists, together with some international mercenaries, within the assault.
After the ambush, the terrorists in all probability used grenades in addition to sticky bombs that led to the car to erupt into flames.
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The officers mentioned those that carried out the assault are believed to were in Rajouri and Poonch for greater than a 12 months and had ok wisdom of the terrain, which is rather difficult.
The world is a hotbed of Jammu and Kashmir Gaznavi Drive (JKGF) as its ‘commander’ Rafiq Ahmed alias Rafiq Nayi is a resident of the realm, they added.
At the moment, 3 to 4 terrorist teams are energetic within the area of Rajouri and Poonch, assets mentioned.
Banned terror team Folks’s Anti-Fascist Entrance (PAFF), a proxy wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed, has claimed accountability for the assault.
There are stories suggesting that it used to be the handiwork of banned Lashker-e-Taiba team additionally.
POONCH/JAMMU: The terrorists who ambushed an Military truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch used metal core bullets, able to piercing an armoured defend, and decamped with the warriors’ guns, officers mentioned on Sunday, amid intensified efforts to track and neutralise the perpetrators.
They mentioned a sniper is thought to have focused the truck from the entrance sooner than the opposite terrorists sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades on it.
5 infantrymen have been killed and one injured after the terrorists attacked the lone Military truck, which used to be sporting eatables for iftar to a close-by village, within the dense woodland house of Bhata Dhurian overdue on Thursday afternoon and the car stuck hearth.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
The warriors have been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
Mavens from more than a few businesses, together with the Nationwide Safety Guard (NSG) and the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), have visited the website online of the assault over the last two days and feature controlled to get a transparent image of the fatal ambush which used to be laid through the terrorists, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned a sniper is thought to have focused the car from the entrance sooner than his friends showered bullets and lobbed grenades at the car from reverse facets, it sounds as if giving the troops no time to retaliate.
The terrorists used metal core bullets that may penetrate an armoured defend, they mentioned.
Ahead of fleeing, the terrorists stole the warriors’ palms and ammunition, they added.
ALSO READ | Poonch terror assault: Lance Naik Debashish used to be making plans to be house on Might 12
Although the realm the place the assault happened is thought of as terrorism-free for lengthy, the Bhata Dhurian woodland house stays a infamous infiltration direction for terrorists making an attempt to sneak into India through crossing the Line of Regulate (LoC) because of its topography, dense woodland quilt and herbal caves.
In October 2021, 9 infantrymen have been killed in two primary gunfights with terrorists inside of 4 days within the woodland house all through a seek operation that persevered for over 3 weeks.
Thursday’s ambush used to be additionally a grim reminder of a terrorist assault at the legitimate car of a judicial Justice of the Peace over 20 years in the past.
District and Classes Pass judgement on V Ok Phool, a civilian and two police group of workers have been killed within the assault which happened on December 5, 2001, within the Dehra Ki Gali forests close to the Bhata Dhurian forests.
The officers mentioned over 12 other people were detained for wondering in reference to the Poonch assault however no arrests were made up to now.
Safety forces are the usage of drones and sniffer canine to behavior a recce of the dense woodland however good fortune has eluded them up to now, they mentioned.
It’s believed that the terrorists have controlled to create protected hideouts within the dense woodland to flee the protection dragnet or could have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, they added.
In keeping with the officers, preliminary stories recommend the involvement of round 5 terrorists, together with some international mercenaries, within the assault.
After the ambush, the terrorists in all probability used grenades in addition to sticky bombs that led to the car to erupt into flames.
READ MORE | There may be been a mistake someplace: Farooq Abdullah on Poonch terror assault
The officers mentioned those that carried out the assault are believed to were in Rajouri and Poonch for greater than a 12 months and had ok wisdom of the terrain, which is rather difficult.
The world is a hotbed of Jammu and Kashmir Gaznavi Drive (JKGF) as its ‘commander’ Rafiq Ahmed alias Rafiq Nayi is a resident of the realm, they added.
At the moment, 3 to 4 terrorist teams are energetic within the area of Rajouri and Poonch, assets mentioned.
Banned terror team Folks’s Anti-Fascist Entrance (PAFF), a proxy wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed, has claimed accountability for the assault.
There are stories suggesting that it used to be the handiwork of banned Lashker-e-Taiba team additionally.