Six Pakistani LeT terrorists killed in Kashmir (Third Lead)

JAMMU - The Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday achieved a major success, killing six Pakistani terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in a four-hour long gun battle in Rajouri district of the state.

The army had to use its paratroopers to neutralise the terrorists, hiding in forests of Baghla in in Kalakote area of the district, 200 km north of Jammu.

A police spokesman said that the gunfight broke out around 1 p.m. after the militants, asked to surrender, opened fire on the security forces.

“The terrorists also lobbed grenades at the security personnel. The fire was returned,” he said.

Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police Shafkat Watali told IANS over phone that the killing of six terrorists is a “big success for the security forces and a big blow to the LeT”.

The six terrorists are suspected to be part of a group of infiltrators that had crossed over to India early this week.

This was the second gun battle with the militants in Kalakote area in the past three days. Four terrorists and three soldiers were killed Wednesday after an 18-hour gun battle, which started Tuesday evening in Kandi area in the forests of Rajouri.