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One soldier was killed and five were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.
According to PTI , Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency which goes to polls in the sixth phase on May 25.
This comes at a a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had claimed that post Article 370 terrorism has finished in J&K and had blamed Congress government’s of the past for been week on terror.
Officials said five security personnel were injured, two of them critically, when four terrorists opened fire on IAF vehicles moving towards Sanai Top in Poonch’s Surankot area in the evening.
One of the critically injured soldiers later succumbed at a military hospital during treatment, they said.
“An Indian Air Force vehicle convoy was attacked by militants in the Poonch district of J-K, near Shahsitar. Cordon and search operations are underway presently in the area by local military units.
Reacting to the attack, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted on X
Deeply pained by the cowardly terror attack on the IAF vehicle in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir.
We strongly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly terror attack and join the nation in standing together against terrorism.
Our deepest condolences to the family of the brave air warrior who made the supreme sacrifice. We hope that the injured air warriors recover at the earliest and earnestly pray for their well-being.
India is united for our soldiers.
Deeply pained by the cowardly terror attack on the IAF vehicle in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir.
We strongly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly terror attack and join the nation in standing together against terrorism.
Our deepest condolences to the family of the brave air…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 4, 2024
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Tweet in Hindi wrote on X
जम्मू कश्मीर के पुंछ में हमारी सेना के काफिले पर कायराना और दुस्साहसी आतंकी हमला बहुत ही शर्मनाक है, दुखद है।
शहीद जवान को मैं अपनी विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करता हूं और उनके शोकसंतप्त परिजनों को संवेदनाएं व्यक्त करता हूं। हमले में घायल जवानों के जल्द से जल्द स्वस्थ होने की आशा…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 4, 2024
