Israel declares LeT ‘a terrorist organisation’ to mark 15th anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai attacks
The decision to declare LeT a terrorist outfit has been taken without any official request from the Government of India.
The decision to declare LeT a terrorist outfit has been taken without any official request from the Government of India.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police gunned down 5 dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists along the Line of Control in Kupwara district's Machil sector.
A proxy group of the Jaish-eMohammed claimed responsibility for the attack. On 5 May, terrorists detonated an IED during an encounter in a forested area of Rajouri in which another five soldiers were martyred.
According to the police, incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 1 pistol, 1 pistol magazine, 4 pistol rounds, 1 silencer, 1 IED, 1 remote control, 2 batteries, and 1 empty magazine of an AK 47 rifle were recovered on their disclosure.
The gunfight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.
The army said in the eight hour-long operation, Aijaz alias Abu Huraira, a Pakistani terrorist and two other terrorists identified as Javed Rather of Tahab, Pulwama and Shahnawaz Gani of Srinagar belonging to LeT were eliminated by the security forces.
Identification was being done of the two other terrorists killed in the encounter at the Kwarigam Ranipora area of Anantnag.
"Arms and ammunition recovered from the arrested persons include AK-47 rounds, detonators among others," the police said.
The police along with the Army and CRPF had launched a search operation late on Wednesday, based on the credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the forest area of Badroo Barsoo at Awantipora.
Ten hand grenades, along with one AK-47 rifle with two magazines and 60 live cartridges, were seized from the suspected militants.
