Kashmiri youth martyred, Army officer killed in IIOJ&K

An Indian Army officer and a terrorist was killed and a youth was martyred in the heavy exchange of fire after a gunfight broke out in Jammu and Kashmir`s Rajouri district on Thursday.

According to reports, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was killed in the gunfight with the Kashmiri Youths

Indian Defence Ministry Spokesman Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said, “Today during an encounter with the unknown persons in Thanamandi area of Rajouri, one JCO of Rashtriya Rifles suffered bullet injuries.

“The JCO was immediately evacuated to the nearest medical facility, but later he succumbed to injuries,” he said.

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