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| Army takes on militants in J&K, rescues five hostages |
| 2008-05-11 |
| JAMMU: Security forces on Sunday stormed a house in Sambha district in Jammu region and rescued all the five hostages, including three women, from militants' clutches, official sources said. Intermittent firing was on between militants holed up in the under-construction house and security forces, the sources said. Militants struck in a big way on Sunday killing four persons, including a lensman of a leading state daily, and took two women hostage while engaging in a fierce encounter with security forces in Samba region in which one militant was gunned down. A group of heavily armed militants, who are believed to have infiltrated across the border after firing at a BSF post here on Friday, struck at the house of a local political leader Hoshiyar Singh, killing him and his wife Sheshi Balla in Kali Mandi forest belt around 0750 hours (IST), official sources said. As Army and BSF units rushed to the spot, a fierce encounter ensued in which Ashok Sodhi, a senior photojournalist with local English newspaper Daily Excelsior , who was covering the incident, was killed when a bullet fired by militants pierced his head, they said. A jawan identified as Atul died and four persons, including a major of the Territorial Army were injured in the encounter. One of the militants was also killed in the gunbattle. The militants, believed to be three to four in number, escaped from the spot and entered a house in a nearby village taking a woman and her daughter as hostage. Personnel belonging to the six Garhwal Rifles of the Army, BSF and police cordoned off the village and started a house-to-house search, the official said, adding that the operation was continuing. "This is major encounter. Five persons including a militant have been killed. The operations is on", Inspector General of Police, Jammu range, K Rajendra told reporters. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 Great pics as always, John! A field intubation in the pic of the photog. Ouch. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-05-11 20:52 |
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| Posted by: john frum 2008-05-11 17:30 |
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| Posted by: john frum 2008-05-11 17:29 |
#2    Photographer Ashok Sodhi, who was hit during a gunbattle between Indian forces and suspected Islamic militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, is shifted to a hospital in Jammu, India, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Sodhi who was covering the battle for the local English newspaper, The Daily Excelsior, later died in hospital. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-05-11 17:27 |
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| Posted by: john frum 2008-05-11 17:26 |