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India-Pakistan
Gunfight breaks out in Poonch woods, 5 good guys toes up
2021-10-12
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A shootout broke out between murderous Moslems and security forces in Chamrer forest area of Surankote in J&K's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.

"Based on intelligence inputs, today morning Indian Army has launched a Cordon and Search operation in villages close to DKG in Surankote jurisdiction of district Poonch. The encounter with bandidos turbans is going on Further update follows, " an Army front man said.

Officials told Greater Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
that the area falls close to Rajouri-Poonch border near Dehra Ki Gali tourism point.

They said that more reinforcements of both army and police including senior officers have rushed to the spot.

Reports said that a few Army personnel have received injuries in the shootout so far and their evacuation is going on.
Al Ahram adds:
Five Indian soldiers were killed in a fierce gunbattle with Kashmir on Monday, officials said, as violence in the disputed region has increased in recent weeks.

Police and soldiers cordoned off a forested area in southern Surankote area following an intelligence report that murderous Moslems were present there, said Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army front man.

As troops launched a search operation, murderous Moslems opened heavy gunfire that critically maimed an army officer and four soldiers, Anand said. They were evacuated to a nearest medical facility but died there, he said.

A reinforcement of soldiers and police was sent to the area, Anand said, adding that the fighting was ongoing.

No rebel group has immediately issued any statement.

Related:
Surankote: 2021-05-12 Terrorist hideout busted in J&K's Poonch, 19 grenades seized
Surankote: 2007-11-16 Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants killed in J&K
Surankote: 2007-03-29 27th Division redeployed: 15,000 Indian troops pulled out of J+K
Related:
Poonch district: 2021-09-04 Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in J&K's Poonch
Poonch district: 2021-07-27 Militancy on rise in Rajouri, security forces interact with VDCs
Poonch district: 2021-06-07 Man from PoK detained by army along LoC in JK's Poonch
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