A policeman and three militants were killed as security forces battled twin attacks close to an army base in Jammu’s Poonch on Sunday, which also saw soldiers kill four infiltrators in north Kashmir. The ultras were heavily armed and carried grenades also,” the police officer said, adding the militants were trained in Pakistan. Special Operation Group (SoG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel take positions near a building where terrorists were hiding during an encounter in Poonch, Jammu. In north Kashmir, four militants were killed in an overnight gunfight as three infiltration bids were foiled along the LoC, the army said Sunday. The infiltration bids come just two days after Indian Army chief general Dalbir Singh visited the LoC and north and south Kashmir.

Source: Hindustan Times September 11, 2016 15:11 UTC