Uri: The security forces have successfully ended the encounter in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir by killing all six terrorists that entered an Army fortification. However, the Army also lost eight of its soldiers and three senior police officers in the attack.
The encounter started in the Mohura area of Uri at around 3 am on Friday morning when six terrorists tried to get inside an Army fortification in the area.
A senior Army officer and six jawans are among the eight men killed in the gunbattle. Three senior police officers who were present to supervise the operation have also been killed in the encounter.
There had been an intelligence input for a possible terror attack, however, the magnitude of the attack was not preempted.
The strike comes even as the two phases of the Assembly elections are over and three other are still scheduled. Uri and the nearby Baramulla area will be voting in the third phase on December 9.
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