5 troopers had been killed and two injured when heavily-armed terrorists ambushed two Military autos in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officers advised information company PTI. The assault befell at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz round 3:45 pm, officers mentioned.
Sources advised India As we speak TV that the Dhatyar Morh location in Poonch district was chosen by terrorists to assault because the Military autos slowed down at this level attributable to a blind curve and bumpy street. The terrorists positioned themselves atop a hill at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz, from the place they fired bullets on the two Military autos, sources mentioned.
Terrorists could have executed a recee on the assault website the place the 2 Military autos — a truck and a Maruti Gypsy — had been ambushed, sources mentioned, including that three or 4 of them had been believed to be concerned within the assault.
The Military autos had been ambushed by the terrorists at Dhatyar Morh after they slowed down on the blind curve.
Safety forces had retaliated, however terrorists managed to flee from that location, sources additional mentioned. The injured have been admitted to a hospital.
The Individuals’s Anti-Fascist Entrance (PAFF), an offshoot of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed duty for the ambush.
(with inputs from PTI)
