J&K: Arnia sector encounter ends, 12 dead

AND RESULT

The encounter in Arnia sector of Jammu region close to Indo-Pak border ended this morning after the remaining fourth militant was gunned down by security forces during the terror attack on an Army patrol that in all left 12 people dead including five civilians and three army personnel.

“The encounter has ended and boys did a good job by preventing the militants from striking anywhere,” Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police K Rajendra told PTI here.

“In all, we have lost three Army personnel and five civilians. All the four militants have been killed,” he said, after the end of the encounter this morning which lasted over 24 hours following the fidayeen attack.

Yesterday, it was stated that four militants were killed and one more was still holed up in an army bunker which came under attack. Officials said today there was some confusion on establishing the identity of one the dead yesterday. The operation to neutralise the militants began yesterday morning and went on throughout the day but was suspended during the night.
An Army official said that security forces, who had launched a cordon and search operation at the site of encounter in Arnia this morning to retrieve bodies of the civilians, came under fire from a militant holed up in a bunker triggering fresh exchanges in which he was killed.