NEW DELHI – Five soldiers and an equal number of militants were killed inthe four-day long “intense gunfight in a snow-bound area” along the Line ofControl (LoC) in the north Kashmir’s Kupwara, the Army said on Monday, TheHindu has reported.
“It was an intense hand-to-hand battle in which all five militants wereeliminated. However, the Army lost five of its best soldiers, three on thesite and two more as they were being airlifted to a nearby militaryhospital,” a Srinagar-based Army spokesman said.
The Army sources said the footsteps on snow were first reported in themorning on April 1 in an inaccessible pocket of the Keran Sector, close tothe LoC.
Due to the difficult terrain and inclement weather, the group of terroristscould not be engaged, the Army said.
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The combing operation started again on April 4 and the main contact withthe militants was established on the morning of April 5.
