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Militants kill 3 persons in J-K after triggering train blast
Jammu, Oct 27: After triggering an explosion in one of the bogies of Delhi-bound Shalimar Express near here last night, the militants killed three persons, including an Army Jawan, and injured six others in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir in a desperate attempt to escape.
Jammu, Oct 27: After triggering an explosion in one
of the bogies of Delhi-bound Shalimar Express near here last
night, the militants killed three persons, including an Army
Jawan, and injured six others in Jammu district of Jammu and
Kashmir in a desperate attempt to escape.
More than an hour after the blast, the militants,
numbered three, stopped an Indica car at Gagwal on Jammu and
Kashmir highway and fired at the occupants, killing two
persons and injuring four others, Deputy Superintendent of
Police S S Sharma told Reporters.
The militants, who were wearing army uniforms, escaped in
the vehicle "DL-8CG8808" along with the injured and abandoned
it at Mehaspura Chowk in Jammu, he said, adding later they
took a Tata Sumo and headed towards Rajouri.
The militants opened fire at a check-post in Akhnoor area
of Jammu district when their vehicle was stopped by Security
Force Personnel, Sharma said. One Jawan was killed in the
firing and two others were injured.
The militants escaped towards Ambran road while leaving
the vehicle behind. The driver of the vehicle, "JK-05-7417",
was nabbed by the Jawans and has been identified as Fazal
Javed of Jammu city, he said.
The security forces have encircled the militants in
Akhnoor forest area and exchange of fire between the two sides
was on when reports last came in
Bureau Report