Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist attack in Pulwama's Tral, civilian killed

Terrorists in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district opened fire on Friday. According to initial reports, one civilian was injured in the attack.

The injured was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The attack came a day after alert Indian Army everted a major terrorist attack on sensitive and soft targets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor.

On Wednesday night, the sentries of Indian Army observed suspicions movement close to an Army unit near Akhnoor market and activated the response mechanism.

Read More: Alert Indian Army averts major terrorist attack in J&K's Akhnoor, recovers fully installed IED 

The Army carried out a massive sanitisation operation in the area and recovered an improvised explosive device (IED), 2 mines and a map of Jammu and Kashmir.

J&K: Terrorists opened fire in Pulwama's Tral, one civilian injured. More details awaited, pic.twitter.com/h6BrvDWEAl

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