Jihadi Scum Surfaces In Kashmiri Again

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ammu encounter: 5 killed, 12 injured

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BJP called for a Jammu bandh to protest the killing of civilians by militants. In Kali area of Samba district in J&K, in an exchange of gunfire between the militants and security forces on May 11, five people were killed, while 12 were injured. Rate this article: Rating 0.0 out of 0 votes cast

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THIS YEAR’S first major encounter between militants and the security forces that ensued on Friday (May 11) in Kali Mandi area of Samba district in Jammu & Kashmir ended in the killing of two militants in a joint operation launched by Army, Border Security Force (BSF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police. Five out of six hostages including three women and two children were rescued while one woman was killed during the cross fire. After securing safe release of the civilians held hostage, the militants fired from an Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), which was retaliated by firing of a rocket launcher by the state police to pave way for the security forces to storm the house. In an exchange of gunfire, five people including a photojournalist of a local daily and a jawan were killed and 12 others sustained bullet injuries, who are undergoing treatment at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu. The group of militants first entered into a house in Kali Mandi in Samba, 45km from Jammu and open fired killing two occupants namely Hoshiar Singh and his wife Shashi Bala, while their daughter Bindu and Singh’s mother-in-law were injured in the firing. Meanwhile, security personnel rushed to the area and engaged the militants in a gun battle after they were alerted by a group of villagers, who noticed the movement of the militants. Then, the militants hid in a house belonging to a villager named Suresh Singh, where a woman and two children were trapped inside the house. In the afternoon, the militants killed the woman and threw her body out of the house. Then, the militants holed up in another house in the vicinity taking four hostages including women and children.

The whole area resembled a battle scene with heavy firing between the militants and the security forces and the gun battle intensified as militants lobbed grenades and kept firing intermittently, which was retaliated by the troops and soon after more Army reinforcements were rushed to the spot.

After killing the militants the security forces launched a mopping-up operation searching the area while the injured were taken to GMC hospital, Jammu.

Meanwhile, to protest the civilian killings by militants, the state unit of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) called for a Jammu Bandh today (May 12), which was later supported by other political parties including Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), National Conference, various Sikh organisations and other social and political groups.

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