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Jammu and Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers killed in Kulgam gunfight

by Trans World Features | @twfindia 05 Aug 2023, 12:58 am

Srinagar:  Three Army men were killed in an ongoing operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, Army said.

They said the encounter started between militants and joint forces at high reaches of Halan forest area of Kulgam.

"On specific inputs regarding presence of terrorists on higher reaches of Halan in Kulgam, operations launched by Security Forces on 04 Aug 23. In exchange of firing with terrorists, three personnel sustained injuries and later succumbed," Army said in a tweet.

It said a search operations is still continuing in the area.

The gunfight erupted a day after an army soldier, Javaid Ahmad Wani, who went missing from his native Kulgam district while he was on leave, was recovered by police.

Police didn’t divulge more as to how the soldier was recovered.