"The protestors numbering upto hundreds condemned the use of Mosque by terrorists & maligning its sacredness & called on those who were supporting such acts," read the statement from the army.
The Army paid rich tributes to late Sepoy Pawan Kumar who made the supreme sacrifice while performing an operational task in Potgampora, Pulwama on February 27, an official statement said.
According to Dawn citing a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations, the troops "effectively engage[d]" the terrorists' location and an "intense fire exchange" took place during which 25-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Waseem, a resident of Khairpur, fought "gallantly" and was killed.
The attack took place when the police personnel, identified as Naib Subedar Qasim and Hawaldar Changez, were conducting a search operation in the Serai Gambila police station area of Wanda Pashan. Two more police personnel -- Lt Bilal and Sepoy Zahoor -- were also injured in the attack and w
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