Three militants killed as army foils infiltration bid

Srinagar, April 30: Scuttling an infiltration bid, the army today gunned down three heavily-armed militants near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

A group of three militants made an abortive attempt to sneak into this side of LoC but were shot dead by troops in Machil sector, 150 kms from here, in the wee hours, defence spokesman Lt Col J S Brar said here.

This is the first infiltration bid by militants in Machil sector of Kupwara this year. Earlier, militants made attempts to sneak in from nearby Keran and Tangdhar sectors but these were foiled by the troops who killed nearly a dozen militants.

Brar said the security personnel observed the movement of the militants at around 3 AM and challenged the armed intruders who opened fire

–Agencies