Army foils infiltration bid in north killed, five terrorists killed

NEW DELHI: Indian army foiled an infiltration bid on Saturday (26.05.2018) by killing at least five terrorists on the Line of Control.

Officials said more militants could be involved in the operation.

The operation, which is still in progress, was launched in north Kashmir border area of Tanghdar, around 120km from here, said media reports.

A defence spokesperson said five terrorists were killed while attempting to infiltrate on Saturday early morning.

This is the first infiltration bid to be foiled near the line of control (LoC) with Pakistan since the Union government declared a unilateral ceasefire during Ramazan recently. Two days back Army personnel had spotted a few militants near the LoC, but the infiltrators fled back after a brief exchange of fire.