5 Indian army soldiers killed after convoy ambushed in J&K
Two vehicles carrying Indian army personnel to an anti-terror operation site were navigating a blind curve at Dhatyar Morh when they came under fire
Five Indian army personnel have been killed following an ambush on the convoy they were part of in the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) area.
The toll from the ambush on two Indian Army vehicles in Jammu & Kashmir's Rajouri district rose to five as one more soldier succumbed to his injuries late on Thursday (21 December).
The vehicles carrying personnel to an anti-terror operation site, a few kilometres away, were navigating a blind curve at Dhatyar Morh when they came under fire. The operation began on Wednesday (20 December) based on "hard intelligence" about the presence of terrorists in the area, an official said.
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Images and videos taken after the fresh attack showed a green army SUV riddled with bullets and its windows shattered, with rifle cartridges and blood visible on the ground.
The ambush was the sixth such attack since October 2021 in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
Two captains have been among 30 Army personnel who have lost their lives in these attacks.
In May, five commandos of the para special forces were killed in an IED blast triggered in Rajouri.
The previous month, five personnel were killed when they were in a truck ambushed in Poonch.
