A group of terrorists allegedly opened fire on Indian Army vehicles in Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir: On Monday morning, a gang of accused terrorists opened fire on Indian Army vehicles in the Jogwan neighborhood of Akhnoor city in Jammu and Kashmir. Following the reported event, the military has begun extensive search efforts in the region.

According to reports, there is an encounter going on in the Battal region of the Jammu district’s Akhnoor sector. The target is thought to be the same gang of militants that attacked security personnel’s vehicles earlier this morning. There is a fierce gunfight going on right now.

At 7:25 a.m. today, at least three or four terrorists opened fire on Indian Army vehicles, including an ambulance, in the Battal region close to the Shivassan temple in Jogwan, firing 15 to 20 bullets. However, no injuries have been recorded. Attacks on Army forces and terrorist infiltration from the Manawar Tawi River have occurred in the region in the past.

Additionally, the terrorists damaged idols at the nearby Hassan shrine. The Indian Army has surrounded the region and begun searching for the criminals, but they have not yet made contact.

Terror Attack in Gulmarg, J&K

The incident in Akhnoor on Monday came days after militants opened fire on an Army truck in the Bota Pathri region, 6 kilometers from the popular tourist destination Gulmarg, on Thursday, killing two troops and two Army porters. The assault wounded a soldier and another porter.

Drones and helicopters were used by security personnel on Friday to conduct a thorough search in the Gulmarg sector and along the Line of Control (LoC). According to sources, security personnel were also using both technological and human intelligence inputs to support the search operation that was initiated in order to identify and eliminate the terrorists responsible for the assault.

As the search operation started for the second day on Saturday, a top police officer said that three to four terrorists are thought to have carried out the fatal assault on an Army convoy in the Gulmarg area. Mohammad Zaid Malik, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, said, “Based on the evidence we received from that location, three to four militants were involved in the attack.”

The number of terror occurrences in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has increased lately. Six foreign workers and a local physician were murdered last week when terrorists opened fire on them randomly at the Z-Morh tunnel building site in the Gagangir region of the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. Prior to the incident, on October 18, terrorists in the Shopian area shot and killed a Bihar laborer.