An Army jawan was killed in sniper fire by militants in Tral area of south Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
The militants carried out the attack on 42 RR camp in Luragam around 9 pm, killing sepoy Ngamsiamliana, who was on guard duty, they said. Ngamsiamliana received the fatal shot in his head, while another jawan Thake Dhoniy received minor injuries, the officials said.
This is the second such incident within four days, with militants using sniper rifle to attack security establishments. An SSB man was killed inside a CRPF camp on October 21 by militants using sniper rifles, possibly armed with night-vision devices, in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, six militants were killed in two separate encounters in north and south Kashmir amid security forces intensifying anti-militancy operations in the Valley. Four militants were killed in Arwani village of Anantnag in south Kashmir, while two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir's Baramulla's Athoora village, police said.
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