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Binocular fitted M-4 US carbines, Chinese steel core bullets and precision firing suggests that terrorists involved in recent attacks in the region could be retired Pakistan Army regulars of Special Service Group (SSG) or terrorists well-trained in guerilla warfare, intelligence officials confided in HT.T)..
A senior police officer, who declined to be named, also corroborated the claims of intelligence agencies. ..
M4 carbine and Chinese steel core bullets were first used by the Pakistani terrorists during an ambush of an army truck in Tota Gali area of Poonch on April 20, 2023, when five soldiers were killed..
Though we could not confirm with certainty that there are some former Pak army regulars among the terrorists, the guerilla warfare tactics being employed by the terrorists in recent attacks in Jammu strongly indicate that they are not commoners carrying firearms, he said..
Reportedly some Pakistan Army regulars are guiding these terrorist groups along with some of the local terrorists of Jammu region, who had earlier crossed across and settled in Pakistan..
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