Infiltration bid foiled, 5 terrorists killed in Tangdhar

ANI  |  Srinagar(J-K) [India] 

Five terrorists were gunned down on Saturday after security forces foiled infiltration bid along LoC in Tangdhar sector of

The security operation is in progress.

This comes hours after of Army Staff, called upon to stop infiltration to establish peace along border.

"We want peace at borders but as you know continuously violates ceasefire that causes loss of life and property and in such a case we have to retaliate but if wants peace, we expect them to take initiative, which will start with them stopping infiltration," he said.

Last week, the Centre ordered to suspend the security operations against terrorists in during the holy month of Ramzan.

However, the clarified that the security forces "reserve the right to retaliate if attacked or if essential to protect the lives of innocent people.

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First Published: Sat, May 26 2018. 08:46 IST