Kupwara: Soon after the reports erupted in Lalpora, Kupwara over the killing of seven militants, Srinagar based Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel, N.N. Joshi told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS that it has been confirmed after proper verification that all the slain militants were Pakistani and not a single of them was a local militant.
He said that the Army and Police recovered some documents from them which indicates that they were from Pakistan. “The marking that were found on their weapons also indicated that all the slain militants were foreigners.
Responding to a query, the spokesperson said that no identity card was recovered from their possession but, ‘initial investigation has revealed that all the slain militants were either associated with Lashkar Toiba or its associated groups.” (CNS)