Terrorists on the wee hours of Thursday attacked an Army's patrolling party in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
The incident took place around Qaziabad forests situated in Kralgund area of the district.
The firing was retaliated and triggered off following a brief gunfight between the security forces and terrorists.
A search operation has been launched to trace out the terrorists.
No loss of life or injury has been reported so far.
More details are awaited.
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