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Poonch attack: One IAF soldier killed, four injured; search operations on
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Officials said five security personnel were injured, two of them critically, when four terrorists opened fire on IAF vehicles moving towards Sanai Top in Poonch’s Surankot area in the evening.
One of the five Indian Air Force (IAF) soldiers injured in the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on May 4 passed away in the hospital during treatment.
Terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.
Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency which goes to polls in the sixth phase on May 25.
Officials said five security personnel were injured, two of them critically, when four terrorists opened fire on IAF vehicles moving towards Sanai Top in Poonch’s Surankot area in the evening.
One soldier is still critical and undergoing treatment while the remaining three are stable.
Search operations by the local Rashtriya Rifles unit, which had started cordon and search operations in the area, entered the second day today.
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In the ensuing gunfight with terrorists, the Air Warriors fought back by returning fire. In the process, five IAF personnel received bullet injuries, and were evacuated to the nearest military hospital for immediate medical attention. One Air Warrior succumbed to his…
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The vehicles have been secured inside the air base in the general area near Shahsitar.
The terrorists are believed to have fled into a forest after the attack, the officials said.
There has been no contact with the terrorists yet, they said and added that security personnel are conducting combing operations.
With PTI inputs
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