Srinagar, March 24 : One terrorist was killed after an infiltration bid was foiled at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, sources said on Friday.

Jammu-based Defence spokesperson LtCol Devinder Anand confirmed the killing of the one terrorist.

He said, "On the intervening night of 17/18 November 2022 at approximately 2300 hours, an Infiltration bid was foiled in Naushera sector(J&K), wherein a terrorist was killed while he tried to negotiate our minefield."

Today, he said, the body of the terrorist was recovered along with "warlike stores".

He said the operation is still going on and further details would be shared later.