Four army soldiers injured as gunfight rages along LoC in Nowgam
Srinagar, Aug 16: Four army soldiers were injured in a gunfight at Nowgam sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A police officer told GNS that army’s 8 Bihar intercepted a group of infiltrators near Sangam Post at around 9:20 am. “The group of militants after being challenged opened fire triggering off a gunfight”.
In the initial firefight, four soldiers suffered bullet wounds and were evacuated to a nearby medical facility of army, he said.
Soon after the gunfight broke out between the infiltrators and the army, additional reinforcements were rushed to the site and the entire area has been cordoned off, he said.
He said that the operation in the area is still ongoing. (GNS)
Kashmir Images is an English language daily newspaper published from Srinagar (J&K), India. The newspaper is one of the largest circulated English dailies of Kashmir and its hard copies reach every nook and corner of Kashmir Valley besides Jammu and Ladakh region.
