IED event in Jammu and Kashmir, Uri sector in Baramulla District area, India on Sat 16th September 2023

On September 16, three militants were killed during an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. It said that the Pakistani Army gave cover fire to infiltrators and targeted quadcopters of the Indian Army. Brigadier P M S Dhillon said, "We strengthened our counter-infiltration and surveillance grid after receiving inputs about the possible infiltration bid in the Uri sector aimed at destabilizing peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite bad weather, at 6.40 am, an ambush was noticed by three to four terrorists trying to cross the LoC in the Hathlanga area. Immediately, contact was established, and the firefight continued for two hours. One terrorist was neutralised. The ambush party then realised that two injured terrorists had changed their movements. The ambush party then got into a second firefight with them at around 9.15 am [IST], which continued for about half an hour and resulted in the neutralisation of the second terrorist. The third injured terrorist exfiltrated with the help of firing from a nearby Pakistani post. The Pakistani army post gave fire support for his exfiltration and fired towards us. They fired on our quadcopters as well. According to our estimate, the injured terrorist succumbed about 300 metres from the Pakistani post in the general area. The weather is very bad, but the search continues in the area." The officer said three militants from Pakistan have been neutralised in the operation, and the bodies of the two have been retrieved, adding that the Army used under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGL), multi-grenade launchers (MGL), and rocket launchers to neutralise the heavily armed infiltrators. The Army recovered an AK-47 and AK-74 rifle, seven magazines, a five-kilogramme Improvised Explosive Device (IED), some ammunition, a Chinese pistol, and some grenades, along with Indian and Pakistani currency, from the terrorists.