Srinagar: Security personnel successfully foiled an infiltration bid in Nowgon sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir gunning down three terrorists on Tuesday morning.
This comes on a day when the second phase of Assembly elections is on in 18 constituencies of the state including Kupwara.
The army said a group of five to eight heavily armed men made an infiltration bid in Nowgam area of the LoC on Tuesday morning.
"Alert soldiers engaged the group in a sustained gun battle in Nowgam sector on our side of the LoC. Three militants were killed," a senior army officer told IANS.
This is the third incident reported in a week from the state. Earlier, a CRPF bunker was targeted in Srinagar on Saturday and an IED explosion occurred in Mendhar area near Line of Control on the eve of polling on Monday.
(With inputs from IANS)
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