ULTRAS FIRE AT AMBULANCE IN ARMY CONVOY IN JAMMU; ONE TERRORIST ELIMINATED

Terrorists opened fire at an army convoy on Monday, targeting an ambulance in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu region, following which special forces and NSG launched an operation, killing one of the attackers, officials said.

In a first, the army also pressed its four BMP-II infantry combat vehicles for surveillance and strengthening the cordon around the attack site near the Assan temple in Jogwan village along the LoC at Bhattal in Khour, the officials said.

The Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty or BMP-II is a 1980-era Soviet Union Infantry Combat Vehicle which has 30mm fully stabilised automatic cannon, 7.62 mm Machine Gun and 4 kms range anti-tank wire-guided 'Konkurs' Missile. It can carry seven troopers and three crew members.