Jammu & Kashmir: 6 Doda Security Personnel Injured In 3rd Terror Attack In 3 Days

Six security personnel were injured in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu's Doda district. One terrorist was killed and a civilian was injured in the shootout.

Six security personnel have been injured in an encounter with terrorists at Chhatrakala, Doda, Jammu. On Tuesday, June 11, the terrorists ambushed the Army's temporary operating base (TOB) in the Doda district and opened fire. In the ensuing shootout, one terrorist was killed and a civilian was injured.   

Six jawans were reportedly injured in the shootout. Jammu ADGP Anand Jain said, "One terrorist was killed in the firing and one civilian was injured, but now the area is out of danger. The operation is still going on and senior officers are on the spot." This is the 3rd terrorist attack in the Jammu region in three days. The first one was the Reasi attack on pilgrims and the second was in Kathua on Tuesday.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a part of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the Reasi bus attack on Sunday. The attack left 10 dead and 33 injured.

Tuesday's terror attack in the Doda district came hours after a terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua district. The jawans injured in the Doda encounter were taken to the sub-district hospital in Bhaderwah.

Apart from the Doda attack, the Hiranagar Sawal area of Jammu saw a shootout on Tuesday night. Security forces managed to kill one terrorist while the search for another was on. A CRPF jawan was injured in the firing.

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According to sources, two to four armed terrorists were seen in Saida village of Hiranagar area of ​​Kathua district of Jammu on Monday evening at around 7:55 PM. The duo knocked on the door of a house in Sauda village and asked for water from a woman in that house. When the woman refused to give water, both the terrorists went to the neighbour's house.

As soon as they reached there, they started firing at the door. the neighbour, Omkar, was hit in the attack. The terrorists also tried to target a couple on a bike but missed. The terrorists fired 15 to 20 rounds. Alerted by the noise of the firing, the villagers nearby informed the security forces. After this, the police and security forces reached there. A search operation is going on in the area.