Information About Incident 7603-13055-31537 in Dhar India

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In a separate incident, four terrorists, allegedly foreign mercenaries, were killed by the SFs in a night-long encounter along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rumli Dhar area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district, on April 8. Their group was spotted while trying to sneak into the Indian side of the border.

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In a separate incident, four terrorists, allegedly foreign mercenaries, were killed by the SFs in a night-long encounter along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rumli Dhar area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district, on April 8. Their group was spotted while trying to sneak into the Indian side of the border. Encounter occurred after they, reportedly defied the repeated calls to surrender by the SFs. However, other terrorists managed to escape. The bodies of the slain terrorist could not be recovered due to the heavy shelling from the Pakistani side, said reports. A large quantity of arms and ammunition including assault rifles are believed to be lying on the encounter site.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
7603-13055-31537 4/9/2002 India Eight terrorists, nine civilians among 18 killed in separate incidents in J&K

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