Girl Battles Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir

In an exceptionally brave act, Ruksana Kausar ofsave her honour. Ruksana knew how to fire from an
Jammu and Kashmir killed a terrorisr with his ownAK 47 rifle as she had earlier received a training from
weapon. In this September 27th incident, the bravethe village defense committee in this regard.
girl of 20 years snatched the assault rifle of anRuksana's father Noor Hussein and Uncle Waqalat
attacking terrorist and shot him dead. She injuredHussein, injured in the terrorist attack are undergoing
another one and the rest of the gang fled away withtreatment at the government hospital in Rajouri.
their lives. This incident happened in Kalsian village,The Gujjar community, to which the Kausar family
about 217 kilometers from Jammu.belongs to , has proudly hailed their daughter and has
The 6 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists forcefully barged indemanderd that she be given the highest gallantry
Ruksana's home and tried to kidnap her. They beganaward of the country. The community also
with thrashing her parents and making themdemanded adequate police protection for the family.
unconscious. Seeing her parents lying on the floor,The Home Minister of India, too hailed Ruksana's act
Ruksana grabbed a terrorist by his hairs and pushedof bravery. Her act was described as the " rarest,
him into the wall before firing several round of bulletsunmatched and extraordinary act of courage of a
from the AK 47 carried by the rogue. Ruksana'sfearless young Gujjar girl"
younger brother Aijaz Ahmed also attacked theCoincidentally this incident happened on the nights of
attackers with an axe.Dussehra. Dussehra is the tenth day of the Durga
She said that she thought her parents were deadPuja celebration in India. The goddess Durga is
and a divine force helped her to kill the terrorist andworshipped as the destroyer of demons.