Both security forces and the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) claimed the loss of lives on both sides. AJ&K police spokesperson SSP Khawar Ali Shaukat briefs the media on the security situation in Poonch Division. According to Shaukat, armed groups attacked security personnel deployed across different parts of Rawalakot to maintain law and order, prompting police to launch operations. According to Shaukat, officers recovered a cache of weapons from those detained, including pistols, automatic firearms, ammunition and what he described as American-made automatic weapons. Two days after the violence, the government and the JAAC reached an agreement covering 12 core and 13 additional points.