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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Militant killed, Army operation enters third day

Jammu, July 15 (KMW): A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in an encounter with the Army in Beri-Rakh forest in the border district of Poonch as the operation to track down militants in the area entered the third day today.

"A body of a terrorist has been recovered from the encounter site during search operation in Beri Rakh forests in Mendhar border belt of Poonch district", Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone, Ashok Gupta, told.

The anti-terrorist operation was launched by Army's 37 Rashtriya Rifle (RR) troops on inputs about infiltration of a group of 10 to 12 militants in Mankote forest belt on July 13 around 0900 hours.

During the operation, an Army major was killed and six other security men, including a colonel, injured in an encounter with suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists on July 13.

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