Militants open fire on security personnel near Awantipora Air Force Station

Militants on Tuesday opened firing on security forces near an Air Force station in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, defense sources said.

"There has been a firing incident at Malangpora, near the Awantipora Air Force station," they said.

The details of the incident are being ascertained and the security forces have cordoned off the area to track down the militants, they said.

Yesterday, an attack by Pakistan's notorious Border Action Team (BAT) was repulsed by the Army which killed a heavily-armed terrorist and grievously injured two others along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Three soldiers were also injured in the gunfight, an official said.

The BAT team, comprising Pakistani regulars and terrorists, tried to sneak in from across the LoC in Gulpur area of Khari Karmara sector last evening under cover of heavy shelling but the alert troops foiled their nefarious designs, Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand said.

A huge quantity of arms and ammunition along with a Pakistani flag was recovered from the slain terrorist whose body was recovered during the search and sanitisation operation.