“The attack on a convoy of Army personnel in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists is a cowardly act that deserves condemnation and firm counter-measures. My sympathies are with the families of the bravehearts who laid down their lives in this ongoing war against terror in its all forms. I pray for the speedy recovery of those injured,” the President said.Monday’s terror attack on the Army patrolling party was the first such incident on the rugged Machedi-Kindli-Malhar mountainous road near Badnota village in Lohai Malhar, approximately 150 km from the Kathua district’s headquarters.Five Army personnel lost their lives and an equal number were injured when heavily armed terrorists hurled a grenade and opened indiscriminate firing on two Army vehicles at around 3.30 pm. The terrorists fled into the nearby forest after the attack.The search for the terrorists, which started on Monday itself and was suspended late in the evening owing to heavy rains, resumed on Tuesday morning with joint search parties of the Army, police and CRPF, officials said.They said the Army’s elite para-commandos and sniffer dogs joined the search operation, while drones and helicopters were also pressed into service for surveillance.This terror attack was the fifth in the Jammu region in a month.(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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