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Army kills 3 fidayeen, foils Uri Brigade type attack
[Daily Excelsior] Army today killed three fidayeen in Kalgi area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district and prevented last year’s Uri Brigade headquarter type attack in which 19 Army personnel were killed.General Officer Comma-nding (GOC) 19 Division of Army Major General RP Kalita told Excelsior that they had inputs for long that hard boyz are trying to carry out fidayeen attack in Uri this month. "We were already alert. Last night, we got information about presence of three holy warriors in Kalgi area of Uri and we launched an operation that resulted in the encounter. There were 19 houses in the area and we tried to avert any collateral damage and in the evening we neutralized all the three terrorists", said Major General Kalita. "They seem to be newly infiltrated and must have come two nights before they were trapped in the village. We have recovered three bodies and weapons and operation is over. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... we will continue searches of the area to look for other items they must have been carrying", the GOC said. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... sources said that Army had inputs that hard boyz were planning a major attack on Army installations in Uri area for long and they had planned it for the month of September. And last night, Army’s 4 Para, 8 Rashtriya Rifles, 21 Sikh, 53 CRPF and Jammu and Kashmire Police launched a massive operation in Kalgi area in Uri after receiving a specific input about the movement of these Lion of Islams. Early in the morning, security forces rescued a family where one of the hard boyz was hiding and later the Lion of Islam was killed in the shootout. Another Lion of Islam was hiding in the Masjid and he was later killed and third one was killed this evening. Three AK series rifles, 10 AK magazines, 10 grenades, one UBGL and other war like stores were recovered from their possession. A police front man said that during night, it was found that one of the hard boyz had forcibly entered into a civilian home and had taken the family members as hostage. "In the early morning, the civilians were rescued and the terrorist was eliminated. Hunt for two other holy warriors was launched and one terrorist was found to have taken refuge in a local mosque. Therefore keeping in view the sanctity of the mosque, a J&K Police team entered into the mosque and without causing any harm to mosque, eliminated this terrorist as well. The third terrorist was also killed later", police said. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-25 |
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