Jammu, June 12: Five army soldiers and one special police officer (SPO) of Jammu and Kashmir Police were injured in the early morning hours of Wednesday in a terrorist attack in Doda district, sources said.

Official sources said that the terrorists attacked a checkpost of the Army and local police in the Chattargalla area of Doda at around 1:45 a.m. "Five army soldiers and one SPO were injured in the initial firing by the terrorists. The terrorists were engaged in sustained gunfire by the security forces." Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistani Terrorist Killed in Gunfight Between Terrorists and Security Forces in Doda District (Watch Video).

"The injured were shifted to a sub-district hospital in Bhaderwah town. Doctors have described the condition of the injured as stable." "Firing exchanges have stopped in the area, but a search operation is now underway there," sources added.

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