The incident took place at Bairio forest between Sadar and Basisthnagar Jori police station areas. The death of two security personnel was confirmed by a local police officer in Chatra.
These attacks come days after 23 soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan, which is considered the deadliest attack on the country's military this year. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the hotspot for terrorist attacks as 470 people were killed in 1,050 incidents in 2023.
The officers killed in the shootout were a border police officer and an airport security official, said Moldovia's President Maia Sandu.
The statement by Sulekha, Director, MHA came in response to an RTI plea filed by social activist Rohit Choudhary of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a Naxal attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, two police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed on Tuesday, cops said.
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