J-K: Terrorist killed, infiltration attempt thwarted in Kupwara district

In the Kupwara area of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces on Wednesday thwarted a terrorist infiltration attempt along the Line of Control, killing one of the terrorists, according to officials.

According to officals, security forces and terrorists engaged in gunfire at Sudpora in the Karnah sector of the LoC.  They said that during the exchange of gunfire, one foreign terrorist was killed.

One foreign #terrorist killed in Sudpora near LoC in #Kupwara. #Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered. Search going on. Further details shall follow.@JmuKmrPolice

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 26, 2022

According to Indian Army sources, they were able to stop this terrorist based on information on the entrance of a group of LeT terrorists through Forward Sudpura in Karnah Tehsil of Kupwara District, which was corroborated by other intelligence agencies.

"Based on the intelligence inputs about a likely attempt of infiltration/smuggling war-like stores/narcotics in Tangdhar, an Army unit had intensified anti-infiltration efforts. At midnight, movements of suspected infiltrators were detected who fired at troops," according to an official statement from the Indian Army.

The Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group was suspected of being affiliated with the terrorist who was killed, and the Army officers found an AK series rifle and a pistol in his possession.

The announcement from the Army read, "as per agencies, the eliminated terrorist has been identified as Mohammed Shakur, s/o Yakub, aged 32 years belonging to Syedpura in PoJK."

"The strong retaliatory fire led to the elimination of one terrorist. Search operations are in progress in the area. The killed terrorist is suspected to be of LeT. One AK-series rifle and one pistol have been recovered. Operations are still in progress," Army officials stated.

The Army also reported that they had stopped two terrorists who were attempting to infiltrate and that they had been fired upon around 1.45 am today, which resulted in the death of one of them. The other terrorist, however, managed to flee to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), taking advantage of the nighttime, the Army said.

(With inputs from Agencies)