Srinagar: An Army jawan and a terrorist were killed on Monday in two ongoing anti-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
In the operation launched in Keran sector on Saturday night, security forces tracked down a terrorist and engaged him in a gunfight.
The terrorist was killed in the operation while searches in the area continued, an Army spokesman said.
A gunbattle erupted in forest area of Lolab, adjacent to Kalaroos, in Kupwara district after Army launched an operation to track down a group of terrorists who had managed to escape during the encounter on Sunday, an Army official said.
He said the terrorists were engaged by security forces leading to a fierce gunbattle that was going on.
Lance Naik Dhananjay Kumar was injured in the exchange of firing, he said adding that the soldier later succumbed to injuries.
This is the third fatality suffered by Army in Kupwara district in the past two days.
An Army jawan was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Kalaroos area of the district on Sunday while another laid down his life in Keran sector a night earlier.
Four terrorists were also killed in the Kalaroos operation.
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