Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists, security forces exchange fire in Poonch

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A brief exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday.

The gunfire rattled the Lasana village of Surankote Monday night when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of terrorists, the officials said. 'Contact was established with terrorists during a joint operation with Police at Lasana, Surankote last night.

Additional troops have been inducted, and search operations are ongoing to prevent the terrorists from escaping,' Army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps wrote on X. Officials said one Army personnel was injured in the firing, and was subsequently shifted to a hospital.

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