32 foreign terrorists among 118 killed in Kashmir this year: J&KPolice

Srinagar, June 23: A total of 118 terrorists have been killed in the Kashmir valley this year, according to the Jammu and Kashmir Police. Out of these, as many as 32 foreign terrorists have been gunned down, police added.

 

 

 

"So far, 118 terrorists including 32 foreign terrorists killed in Kashmir in the current year. Last year in 2021 total of 55 terrorists including 2 foreign terrorists were killed in the same period. Out of 118, 77 terrorists are from Pak sponsored LeT and 26 from JeM outfit," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

 

 

As reported earlier, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Vijay Kumar had already informed said that seven terrorists including three Pakistanis were killed in encounters with security forces in the valley.

 

 

The Indian Army and the J&K police have been on high alert as there have been incidents of targeted killings in Kashmir and sections of the minority community had threatened that they were preparing for mass migration if the government did not relocate them. Apart from this, the terrorists have been higly involved in disrupting the Amarnath Yatra and its preparations.

 

 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, had urged the people not to allow inimical forces to break the social fabric and noted that the electoral process is likely to begin in the coming months. He also made a veiled reference to Pakistan and said some forces were trying to sow seeds of hatred in the Union Territory. He said there is a foreign conspiracy in the recent targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir and such attempts would be foiled.