MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) - A Rangers soldier was martyred and another seriously injured when armed attackers opened fire on law enforcement personnel during a road clearance operation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
According to details, security personnel came under sniper fire while carrying out a clearance operation on the Sarsawa-Tararkhel road to reopen routes blocked in the area.
Rangers soldier Shah Nawaz sustained a bullet wound to the chest and was martyred, while Lance Naik Bilal suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder and was seriously injured.
Shah Nawaz, who was martyred in the attack, belonged to Khairpur, Sindh.
According to the report, the clearance operation was launched following strong demands from local residents to reopen blocked roads amid severe difficulties in transportation and shortages of food supplies.
Security experts described the use of modern weapons and explosives against security personnel as a planned act of terrorism.
They said the sacrifices of security forces underscored the need to establish and protect the writ of the state, adding that immediate, strict and indiscriminate legal action against armed groups involved in attacks on state institutions was essential.