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Major incidents of terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir: 2018

S.No.

Date

 

Place/District

 

Outfit
Killed
Injured
C
SF
T
Total
1

January 6

Sopore town / Baramulla District

JeM
0
4
0
4
0
2
January 15

LoC / Uri sector / Baramulla District

JeM
0
0
5
5
3
3
January 24

Chaigund village / Shopian District

HM
2
0
2
4
2
4
February 10-11

Sunjuwan Military Station / Jammu City / Jammu District

JeM
1
6
3
10
9
5
February 12-13

Karan Nagar area / Srinagar

LeT
0
1
2
3
0
6
March 4

Pahnoo / Shopian District

LeT
0
0
6
6
0
7
March 12

Hakoora area / Anantnag District

HM & TuM

0
0
3
3
`0
8
March 15

Balhama area / outskirts of Srinagar / Srinagar District

Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind

0
0
3
3
0
9
March 20-21

Halmatpora area / Kupwara District

LeT

0
5
5
10
4
10
March 28

Sunderbani area / Rajouri District

NS
0
0
4
4
0
11
April 1

Dragad village / Shopian District

HM
1
0
7
8
0
12
April 1

Kachdoora village / Shopian District

ns
3
3
5
11
0
13
April 11

Khudwani area / Kulgam District

NS
4
1
0
5
NS
14
April 24

Tral forest area / Pulwama District

JeM
0
2
4
6
1
15
April 30

Khanpora area of Baramulla District

LeT
3
0
0
3
0
16
April 30

Drabgam area / Pulwama District

HM
1
0
2
3
45
17
May 5

Chattabal area / Srinagar District

LeT
0
0
3
3
0
18
May 6

Badigam village / Shopian District

HM
5
0
5
10
130
19
May 18-19

Shah Nagri Vilgam / Hafradu / Kupwara District

NS
0
0
4
4
0
20
May 26

LoC / Tangdhar sector / Kupwara District

LeT
0
0
5
5
0
21
June 6 LoC / Macchil sector / Kupwara District NS
0
0
3
3
0
22
June 10 LoC / Keran sector / Kupwara District JeM
0
0
6
6
0
Total
20
22
77
119
194
*Data till June 10, 2018

Note: C - Civilians, SF - Security Force, T - Terrorists

June 10: Army foiled a major infiltration bid by killing six JeM militants along the LoC in Keran sector of Kupwara District. Srinagar based Defence Ministry spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that the soldiers manning the fence along the LoC in Keran sector challenged a group of infiltrators. "After being challenged, the infiltrators equipped with modern weaponry opened fire which was retaliated triggering a gunfight," he said. "In the ensuing gunfight, six infiltrators have been killed so far in the operation. During searches, the bodies of all the six militants were recovered along with as many AK-rifles and a huge quantity of arms and ammunition," the spokesman said. He added that the identities and the group affiliation of the militants are being ascertained.

June 6: Army foiled an infiltration bid by killing three militants near the LoC in Macchil sector of Kupwara District. Sources said that troops of 17 JAK LI deployed at forward posts along the LoC in Khanbal near Roshni Post in Macchil sector noticed the movement of militants and challenged them early morning. Three militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight, sources said.

May 26: At least five suspected LeT militants were killed by the Indian Army as they foiled an infiltration attempt along the LoC in Tangdhar sector in Kupwara District. "Five terrorists killed while attempting to infiltrate early morning today [May 26]," a defence spokesperson said. Huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the encounter site. The area is traditional infiltration route but was abandoned by the militants for long time before they re-activated it in 2016 but failed in their designs. Sources said that the recently killed militants in Brinjal forest area of Vilgam, Handwara had also infiltrated from Tanghdar. The group was intercepted by the soldiers of 15 RR on May 19 and four members were killed. Sources said that it was a big group of around 20 militants who had infiltrated from the PoK and split into four groups, of which, one was eliminated. The operation against the rest of their members is still on.

May 18-19: SFs in a joint operation killed four unidentified militants suspected to have infiltrated through LoC, in the forests of Shah Nagri Vilgam of Hafradu in Kupwara District. During the search operation, militants opened fire on the SFs and three militants were killed on May 18; while another militant was killed on May 19.

May 6: Five militants of HM, identified as Saddam Padder ('commander' of HM), Mohammad Rafi Bhat, Tauseef Shiekh, Aadil Malik, Bilal aka Maulvi, were killed during an encounter in Badigam village in Shopian District. Acting upon specific Intelligence inputs, joint team of Indian Army's 44 RR, the SOG of J&K Police and the CRPF launched a 'Cordon-and-Search' operation in Zainapora area of Shopian District. Militant Rafi Bhat-a contractual Assistant Professor at the Kashmir University had gone missing on May 4 and had joined the HM. The Police had made repeated attempts to persuade Bhat to surrender but he did not respond positively to the attempts, said IG of Police of Kashmir S.P. Pani. However, two unnamed Police officers and an unnamed Indian Army personnel suffered minor injuries during the encounter with militants, said an unnamed Police official. The clashes between stone-pelters and the SFs nearby the encounter site led to injuries to 130 protestors out of which five unidentified civilians succumbed to injuries, said an unnamed officials.

May 5: The SFs killed three LeT militants during an encounter in Chattabal area of Srinagar District. The encounter occurred in early hours of May 5 in which an unnamed officer of the CRPF was also injured and shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.

April 30: Two militants, including HM 'commander' were killed in an encounter with SFs while one civilian was killed and 45 others were injured in clashes that broke out during the encounter at Drabgam area of Pulwama District. The slain militants were identified as Sameer Ahmad Bhat alias Sameer Tiger son of Mohammad Maqbool of Drabgam and Aqib Khan son of Mushtaq Ahmad Khan of Rajpora. A civilian, identified as Shahid Ashraf Dar (18), a resident of Arihal, who was critically injured during the clashes near the encounter site later succumbed to injuries. As the SFs cordoned off the village, militants fired at the SFs injuring an Army major Rohit Shukla and Sepoy Abhinav Pathak. SFs tightened the cordon and both the militants were cornered in the house and gun battle lasted for several hours.

April 30: Three civilians were shot dead by suspected LeT militants at Khanpora area of Baramulla District. Sources said that militants fired upon the three persons, identified as Asghar Ahmad Sheikh, Asif Ahmad Sheikh and Haseeb Khan, near Iqbal Market Khanpora in the evening from point blank range killing them on the spot. Police and SFs immediately reached the spot and launched a cordon-and-search operation to trace out the killers. The Police in a brief statement identified the three persons as "innocent civilians." It said they were killed by "terrorists," including two locals and a Pakistani. The Police also claimed the militants belonged to the LeT.

April 24: Four militants including top 'commander' of JeM and two SFs personnel were killed in an encounter at Tral forest area of Pulwama District. SFs intercepted a militant group at Goiytengo forests in Tral who earlier fled after a brief exchange of gunfire. Two Army personnel and one SOG Policeman identified as Latif Gojri were injured. The critically injured Latif later succumbed. An injured soldier Ajay Kumar of 42 RR succumbed to injuries at 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar. He was injured during the initial firing by militants on Army and was removed to the Base hospital in a chopper. Four militants were killed in the operation at Goiytengo forests in Laam area. All the bodies of the militants were recovered along with four AK-rifles. One of the militant has been identified as top JeM 'commander', Umar Khalid while two others are local and have been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad and Abid of LeT. The fourth militant who is a foreigner is yet to be identified. Sources said that two among the slain militants are foreigners and belonged to the JeM militant outfit.

April 11: Five persons, including an Army soldier and four civilians were killed and more than 60 persons were injured during an anti-terror operation and subsequent civilian protests at Khudwani area of Kulgam District. Police, Army's RR and CRPF cordoned off Khudwani village on April 10-night after inputs about presence of three militants in a house. As the SFs launched house to house searches, militants fired at them leading to a gun battle in which a soldier, identified as Sepoy S Gunakar Roy was killed and two SFs personnel were injured. People in large numbers gathered at the encounter site and pelted stones at the SFs leading to ding dong battles during which four civilians were killed and over 60 injured. The civilians who were killed at Khudwani have been identified as Sharjeel Sheikh (25), Bilal Ahmad Tantray (16), Faisal Illahi (14), Aijaz Ahmad Palla (30). Several houses and shops were badly damaged in the gun battle as SFs used explosives to blast off the houses where militants were hiding. However, they called off the operation after firing stopped and no militant bodies were found in the debris of the houses. As soon as the operation was called off, three militants appeared from the debris of the houses and fled away.

April 1: Five militants and three soldiers and three civilians were killed in the fierce gun battle at Kachdoora village in Shopian District. The killed militants were identified as Ishfaq Thokar of Paddarpora in Shopian District, Aimamad Ahmad of Amshipora in Shopian District, Sameer Lone from Hillow in Shopian District, Aqib Ahmad of Ringwara in Kulgam District and fifth militant has not been identified yet as his body was burnt beyond recognition. While three militant bodies were recovered from under the debris by SFs, the fourth militant body was found by locals. The locals also found another militant in critical condition who succumbed later. Three Army soldiers were killed and two others injured in the firefight. Several houses were completely damaged in the gunfight. After killing of three civilians and injuries to over 50 persons in the clashes, the operation at Kachdoora was called off. Three slain civilians were identified as Mehraj-Ud-Din Bhat, Iqbal Manzoor Bhat and Zubair Ahmad Bhat. Two militants who were hiding in the damaged houses came out with the protesters after the operation was called off. They fired in air and fled.

April 1: SFs launched an operation in Dragad village in Shopian District after they received information about presence of militants in the village. As the searches were going on, the hiding militants fired upon the search parties, ensuing an encounter. Seven militants and one civilian were killed during the operation in the village. They have been identified as Adil Ahmed Thoker of Humhuna, Nazim Dar of Nagbal, Ubaid Shafi Malla of Trenz, Yawar Itoo of Safanagri, Rayees Ahmed Thoker of Padarpora, Zubair Turay of Shopian and Ashfaq Malik of Pinjura. According to sources, the militant group had joined HM in the summer of 2017 and was involved in series of cases of attacks on civilians and SFs; the killing of Lieutenant Umer Fayaz. is one among them. Sources also said that four militants managed to flee from the cordon after intense clashes in the village. Sources added that SFs sent a local man Mushtaq Ahmad Thoker for asking the militants to surrender and he was eventually killed in the gun battle after militants refused to give up. However, Police said, "While the search party entered the target house at Dragad, they found the body of one Mushtaq Ahmad Thoker along with the dead militants".

March 28: Four militants were killed in a gunfight with SFs in the Sunderbani area of Rajouri District. The militants had infiltrated into the Indian Territory from across the LoC about four-five days ago, prompting SFs to launch a search operation in the area, the Police said. Authorities had ordered the closure of educational institutions in the Sunderbani tehsil in view of the search operation. No injury was reported to anyone in SFs in the gunfight with the terrorists, he said.

March 20-21: Five SFs personnel and five militants were killed in two days long encounter in Kupwara District. Five SFs personnel and two militants were killed on March 21 in the forests of North Kashmir's Kupwara District. Earlier, the Army recovered bodies of three militants after the fierce encounter at Check Fatehkhan in Halmatpora area of Kupwara District on March 20. Three soldiers of the Army and two SOG personnel were killed in the encounter with militants while two more militants were shot down on March 21 taking the toll to 10. SSP Kupwara, Shamsher Hussain said that five militants and five SFs personnel were killed in the encounter since last evening (March 20). The deceased have been identified as Havaldar Zorawar, Mohammad Ashraf Rather, Naik Ranjeet Khalho, SPO Mohammad Yousuf Cheche and Deepak Thusoo. Four SFs personnel including SI Harvinder Singh, Javaid Ahmad of SOG, an Army soldier and a CRPF personnel were also injured in the gun battle. Sources said that the five killed militants were Pakistanis and belonged to LeT and had infiltrated into the area last week.

March 15: Three militants were killed in an overnight encounter between SFs and militants in Balhama area in the outskirts of Srinagar in Srinagar District. The encounter raged in the area after the militants fired upon the PSOs of BJP leader, Anwar Khan, resulting in injuries to a Policeman, who was guarding the leader. The SFs launched search operation in the area following which the militants took shelter in the residential houses in Balhama village on the outskirts of Srinagar. The encounter continued till mid night during which houses of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, Mohammad Yousuf Bhat and Ghulam Mouhdin were damaged. Later, two dead bodies of the militants were recovered from the site. They were identified as Rasiq Nabi Bhat of Tral and Shabir Dar of Awantipora. Two AK-47 rifles were recovered from the debris of the houses. "As per police records they had joined militancy last year in the month of March and August respectively", a Police spokesman said. The body of a third militant was found at the encounter site on March 17. The militant was identified as Abu Hamas, a top 'commander' of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, the al Qaeda cell in Kashmir.

March 12: Three top militants were killed in an encounter at Hakoora area of Anantnag District. On the basis of the specific inputs about the presence of militants inside a residential house in the village, the SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army, and CRPF cordoned off Hakoora village at around 12:30 am. As the searches were conducted some warning shots were fired towards the house where the militants were hiding. Three militants tried to break the cordon and opened fire upon the SFs. SFs retaliated triggering a brief gun battle in which three militants were killed. Three AK-47 rifles were recovered from the deceased militants, who belonged to Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) and HM outfits. Two of the militants have been identified as Mohammad Esha Fazili alias Esha Roohula of Soura area of Srinagar and Syed Owais Shafi of Voiloo in Kokernag. The identity of the third militant is being ascertained, However, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen identified him as Sabzar Ahmad Sofi. A Police spokesman said "In the process arms and ammunition which include AK 47 rifles, pistols, hand grenades etc were recovered from the encounter site. Reports also said that one of the three terrorist killed in the encounter was 'emir' of Islamic State (IS) in Jammu and Kashmir, Eisa Fazili alias Abu Yahya al Istashadi.

March 4: Four OGWs and two militants were killed in a brief gun battle in Shopian District of South Kashmir in the evening. A LeT militant, identified as Shahid Ahmad Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar of Jamnagari was killed as he fired at an Army vehicle at Pahnoo in Shopian District in the evening. Three OWGS, identified as Suhail Khalil Wagay, Mohammad Shahid Khan and Shahnawaz Ahmad Wagay who were travelling in a Swift car were also killed in the gun battle. Police recovered body of another LeT militant, identified as Ashiq Hussain Bhat son of Mohammad Ishaq Bhat of Rakhpora Shopian from apple orchard at Saidipora village in Shopian District on March 5 morning. Police also recovered body of another person, identified as owhar Ahmad Lone (24), of Moolu, Trenz some 250 meters at Pahnoo Shopian.

February 12-13: A CRPF trooper, identified as Mujahid Khan was killed and a Police man, identified as Javid Ahmed was injured as they foiled an attempt by LeT fidayeen (suicide squad) to storm into their 23rd battalion camp at Karan Nagar area of Srinagar early on February 12. A CRPF spokesman said that in the wee hours on February 12, fidayeen, carrying bags and armed with AK 47s, were seen approaching towards the CRPF camp.

On February 13, two fidayeens of LeT were killed in a 32-hour long gun battle by SFs in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar. The SFs operation to flush out the Fidayeen from the under-construction building in the heart of the city was carried out by a SOG of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF. The fidayeen after failing to storm the camp were trapped in an adjacent under-construction building. Huge explosions continued since February 12 till February 13 afternoon. The gun battle ended in the afternoon after SFs eliminated both the militants. SFs recovered two AK-47 assault rifles and eight magazines from the site. Earlier on February 12, as the SFs searched the building, the hiding militants opened fire in which one CRPF man was killed and another Police man was injured. Police and CRPF rescued around 20 persons including children and women from the area. They were taken to safer locations before assault was launched against the fidayeen.

February 10-11: A total of nine persons, including five Army personnel, a civilian and three militants were killed and another 10 persons were injured in the JeM's fidayeen attack which started on the early hours of February 10 at the Sunjuwan Military Station, close to Jammu City in Jammu District. Of five Army fatal casualties, four soldiers, including a JCO, belonged to Kashmir Valley, while another JCO hailed from Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua District in Jammu region. A dead civilian, who happened to be father of one of the soldiers, was also a resident of Kashmir. Official sources said that since 1st JAKLI had been deployed inside Sunjuwan Military Station, majority of casualties (both dead and injured) hailed from the State. All Army and civilian casualties took place during initial round of firing by the militants, in the morning of February 10. Two soldiers, including one JCO, were killed on February 10, four others, three of them jawans and a civilian, succumbed to their injuries in the hospital overnight. With the recovery of another soldier's body during searches inside the Sunjuwan Military Station in Jammu City in Jammu District, the death toll in the terror attack has risen to 10

While two fidayeens were eliminated on February 10, the third one was killed in wee hours of February 11 morning and since then no gun shots have been heard from any area of Sunjuwan Military Station. However, the Army hasn't declared the operation as formally over and Para Commandos remained deployed inside the Station, report said. Late in the night (February 11), Army fired mortar shells towards family quarters and surrounding isolated areas to ensure that militants, if any, are neutralized. Operation will be declared as complete only after entire area is sanitized and no further movement of militant(s) is observed. "Sanitization and clearance operations were now in progress. Entire complex was being sanitized to ensure that the militants hadn't laid any booby trap inside the complex to target Army soldiers and their family members. The movement of the families of jawans and others inside the Military Station would be allowed only when the area is completely sanitized by the Bomb Disposal Squad," sources said.

January 24: Two HM militants, identified as Sameer Ahmad Wani alias Maviya and Firdous Ahmad alias Umar Bhai and a 17-year-old youth, identified as Shakir Ahmad Mir were killed and two girls critically injured during an encounter between militants and SFs in Chaigund village of Shopian District. A joint team of Army's 44 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF laid a siege to Chaigund in Keegam area of Shopian District following specific inputs about the presence of militants in the village. As the SFs intensified the searches, the militants hiding in the house of one Ghulam Hassan Bhat opened fire triggering an encounter. Shakir Ahmad Mir, a resident of Qalampora village of Pulwama district, was killed and two teenage girls, identified as Sumi Jan and Sabreena were wounded during the initial gun fight. The encounter continued till evening and two militants of HM were killed. During the searches of the debris of the house one AK-47 and two magazines and one INSAS rifle and two magazines were recovered. A teenage girl, identified as Saima Wani (18), who was injured in an encounter succumbed to injuries on February 10.

January 15: SFs foiled an infiltration bid near the LoC in Uri sector in the Baramulla District, killing five JeM militants in the morning. A defence spokesman said that five militants were killed. Earlier, DGP S P Vaid said four JeM militants were killed at Dulanja in Uri sector in a joint operation by the Army, Police and other SFs.

January 6: Four policemen were killed and two others were seriously injured in an IED blast set off by suspected militants in Sopore town in Baramulla District. Three of the four Policemen were identified as Irshad of Doda, M Amin of Kupwara Ghulam Nabi of Sopore and Parvaiz Ahmad of Vilgam Handwara, Police said. The fourth Policeman succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital. According to official sources, militants triggered an IED at Sopore, where a general strike was observed on Saturday [January 6] as on this day 57 persons were killed in alleged security force firing in 1993. Four Police personnel were killed they said adding that the IED was planted beneath a shop. Several shops were also damaged in the blast, sound of which was heard in the entire town. SF and Police personnel were deployed in the town to maintain law and order, report said. JeM claimed responsibility for the blast.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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