JAMMU, Nov 10: Three personnel was injured on Sunday in a gunfight with terrorists in a remote forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
A junior commissioned officer (JCO) was one among the three soldiers injured.
The encounter broke out in Keshwan forests when the joint search parties of the Army and police intercepted hiding terrorists around 11 am, they said.
They said the operation in the forests of Kuntwara and Keshwan was going on since Thursday evening following killing of two village defence guards.
“Encounter begins at Keswan-Kistwar between terrorists and security forces. Three or four terrorists believed to be trapped,” a police spokesperson said.
The official said these terrorists were the one who killed two innocent people.
There is still heavy firing going on in the area, officials are still awaiting any updates.
