The Army said on Saturday that two to three armed personnel crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and launched an assault on a forward Army post in the Machhil sector of northern Kashmir's Kupwara district.
"Taking advantage of bad weather and poor visibility along the Line of Control in Machhil Sector, a group of two to three armed personnel crossed the LC and fired on a forward Army post from proximity," said the Srinagar-based Defence spokesman.
Alert soldiers responded swiftly and, in the ensuing exchange of fire, one Pakistani intruder was killed.
"We recovered weapons, ammunition, and war-like stores from the intruder. Identification and affiliation of this Pakistani national are being ascertained," the spokesman added.
During the intense firefight, two Indian soldiers sustained serious injuries and were immediately evacuated to the Base Hospital in Srinagar. "Unfortunately, one of these brave hearts has succumbed to his injuries.
The other brave soldier is responding well to treatment and is presently stable," he said.
The Defence spokesman noted that similar infiltration attempts, often aided by the Pakistani Army, have occurred in the past but have been consistently thwarted.
"In the past too, similar attempts by infiltrators, actively aided and abetted by the Pakistani Army, have exploited thick foliage and poor visibility conditions but have always, as today, been successfully thwarted and disrupted," he noted.
He reiterated the Indian Army's commitment to safeguarding the LoC.
"The Indian Army is firm in its resolve and commitment to maintain the sanctity of the Line of Control and defeat the nefarious and inimical designs of the Pakistan Army," he concluded.
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