Army Special Forces, Paratroopers participated in this operation. Those being raided are suspected to be foreign nationals.
This is the second major attack in Kokernag in the last one year. Earlier in September last year, a commanding officer, an army major and a deputy superintendent of police were killed in firing at Kokernag.
"Two civilians were injured in the indiscriminate and barbaric attack by the terrorists," wrote one on the Indian Army's China Corps micro-blogging site X. They were given immediate treatment and evacuated. The operation is still continuing.
