3 militants killed after attack on Army patrol at Line of Control in Kashmir

Kupwara district, Kashmir. (Source: Google Maps)

A group of militants on Sunday attacked an Army patrol in the main border town of Tangdhar in Kupwara, making it the first militant attack in two decades in the highly fortified border town. The attack unfolded close to the Army’s brigade headquarters.

No Army casualty was reported in the attack, but three militants were gunned down in the encounter that followed.

“Early at around 4:15 am, they (militants) opened fire on the Army patrol,” said Khalid Ahmad, a police official posted at the Tangdhar police station.

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The militant attack, police sources say, is similar to the one carried out on Army’s brigade headquarters in Uri sector earlier this month, adding that five-six heavily armed militants were part of the group that attacked the Army patrol.