Indian troops eliminate three terrorists after attack on Army ambulance in J&K's Akhnoor sector

Anti-terrorist operations killed three terrorists on Oct 29 morning after they opened fire on an Army convoy that was traveling through a village close to the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

It follows a new conflict that broke out in a village in the Jammu region's Akhnoor sector on Oct 29 morning as security forces pushed for a last attack against a suspected three-person militant group that had taken up base there.

By the evening of Oct 28, the special forces and NSG commandos killed one of the three terrorists who had opened fire on an army ambulance that was part of a convoy traveling close to the Line of Control (LoC) that morning.

In addition, the terrorists defaced idols at the nearby Hassan temple, which prompted the Indian Army to enclose the area and begin a hunt for the offenders.

Helicopters and drones were also used to find the terrorists who were hiding, and the Army used its four BMP-II infantry battle vehicles for the first time to reinforce the cordon and conduct surveillance around the attack location.

Phantom, an Army dog, died at the time of the operation after being shot, said an official.

“We salute the supreme sacrifice of our true hero—a valiant Indian Army dog, Phantom,” said the Indian Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps in a post on X.

Following several months of terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government conducted multiple combing operations in the valley, which led to the Akhnoor incident.

Last week, a terror strike in the Gulmarg district of Jammu and Kashmir killed four people, including two army jawans and two local porters.

In a different incident, terrorists attacked a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in the Ganderbal area, killing seven people, including non-locals.