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Army soldier, SPO among
12 killed in J&K

An army soldier, a special police officer and ten militants, mostly foreigners, have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since Tuesday, while security forces have recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives in overnight raids.

A Defence Ministry spokesman said troops of Poonch Brigade shot dead six foreign militants during a joint operation with the local police in Mandi area of the district Tuesday evening.

Six AK assault rifles with magazines and six bags containing a huge quantity of ammunition, including explosives, were recovered from the encounter site.

The identity of the slain militants could not be established immediately.

An official spokesman said the Border Security Force killed two foreign militants during a search operation at village Maglogi-Sangaldan in Udhampur district Tuesday evening.

Two AK 56 rifles, four magazines, one wireless set, one tape recorder and some ammunition were recovered from the possession of the slain militants identified as Jassi Mohammad of Afghanistan and Abu Hassan of Pakistan.

Security forces shot dead two more militants at village Dhera in Rajouri district Tuesday evening in an encounter.

Unidentified militants fired at a sentry post of the 10 Rashtriya Rifles at Dessa in Doda district Tuesday resulting in the death of a sentry, while police recovered the body of SPO Baldev Singh from Jaggar Nallah, Dharmkund.

UNI

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