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Kashmir Korpse Kount
Seven terrorists among eight killed in J&KPress Trust of India Srinagar, April 26, 2005 Seven terrorists and a civilian were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, where an member of al-Badr outfit laid down his arms and five hideouts were smashed leading to recovery of a huge cache of arms and explosives since Monday night, officials said. In a major gun battle, army troops gunned down six unidentified terrorists at Dangyari-Chowkibal forest, 115 kms from Srinagar in border district of Kupwara on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. The encounter took place when the hiding terrorists opened fire on an army column which had moved to the village on Tuesday morning to carry out searches following a tip-off about presence of terrorists, the spokesman said. Five AK-47 assault rifles, 13 AK magazines, 356 rounds, 10 Chinese grenades and a radio set have been recovered from the slain terrorists. Their identity and group affiliation are being ascertained, the spokesman said. In another encounter, security forces shot dead a militant of Hizb-e-Islami outfit Moosa Gujarati during search operations at Nar-Harni in Poonch district on Tuesday, a police spokesman said. An AK rifle, four magazines, 30 rounds and two grenades were recovered from the slain terrorist. Terrorists kidnapped a carpet dealer Riyaz Ahmad from his house at Chak-Reshipora last night and later hanged him to death in nearby Wagmullah village of Kunzer in Baramulla district, the spokesman said adding, his body was found hanging in a tree on Tuesday morning. He said a terrorist of al-Badr outfit surrendered before police alongwith a pistol, two magazines, 15 rounds and a hand grenade at Dharamsal in Rajouri district on Monday. Besides Rs 3.64 lakh in cash in partially burnt condition from under the 'chula' (oven) of the house, two AK-56 rifles, their five magazines, 54 rounds, one anti-tank mine, 19 anti-personnel mines with 19 detonators, 50 rounds of 7.62 mm pistol, three radio sets, five IED remotes with battery component and 30 IED fuses were recovered, the spokesman said. However, the house owner evaded arrest and is absconding, the spokesman added. In another successful operation, he said, troops acting on specific information busted a hideout in Patrari-Laam area in Rajouri district on Monday night and recovered one AK rifle, 750 rounds, 5 magazines, 61 Chinese grenades, 97 pika rounds, 5 IEDs, 18 IED switches, 1 RPG booster, one UBGL grenade, 11 rounds, 4 gelatin sticks and 4 packets of RDX. Another hideout was busted by BSF troops in Kund-Chunti forest belt in Rajouri and one kg silver explosive recovered on Sunday night, official sources said. Troops smashed a hideout at Thiru area in Doda district and recovered two AK rifles, their 12 magazines, 575 rounds, four rifle grenades, 11 hand grenades and two IEDs Monday night. They also recovered 3 IEDs, one rocket projectile gun, one RPG booster, 1 under-barrel grenade launcher, a wireless set, 17 detonators and seven UBGL grenades from a hideout in Hari area in Poonch district on Monday, the sources said, adding no one was arrested from these hideouts. Posted by: john 2005-04-27 |
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