Jammu: Five Indian Army personnel were martyred and one was critically injured today in an attack by terrorists close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said.
The casualties were caused as terrorists fired at a moving Army vehicle and lobbed grenades, it said.
“One Army vehicle moving between Bhimber Gali and Poonch in the Rajouri sector was fired on by unidentified terrorists at 3 pm today,” an Army spokesman said in a statement.
The vehicle caught fire, due to the likely use of grenades by terrorists, he said.
“Five personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles Unit deployed for Counter Terrorist operations, in this area, have unfortunately lost their lives in the incident,” the statement read.
Another seriously injured soldier was evacuated immediately to the Army Hospital at Rajouri and is under treatment.
Operations are in progress to locate the perpetrators, the spokesman said.
