As the multi-security agency search operation in Rajouri-Poonch belt entered the fifth day on Monday (April 24), terrorists involved in the Poonch terror attack remain untraced amid growing fears that they might manage to migrate to safer locations like the Rajouri attackers, who killed seven civilians on January 1, 2023 in Dangri village.
Official sources told The Hindu that the probe into the Poonch attack indicated the meticulous planning by the attackers, who were carrying high-calibre weapons and were working on well-gathered inputs on the movement of army vehicles in the area. The use of armour piercing steel bullets, either smuggled from Afghanistan or procured from China; sticky bombs and grenades have been established so far.
“A sniper expert seems to be a part of the group of attackers who swooped on the solitary vehicle on April 20 in the Rajouri-Poonch sector. It seems the sniper bullet hit the driver first and was followed by gunfire from other associates from at least two sides. There seems little response time to the soldiers onboard the vehicle to retaliate the fire,” officials said.
