Five Soldiers were martyred in connection with the militant attack on the Sunjawan army camp. A local resident has died. Four jihad-e-Mohammed militants have been killed so far. Nine people injured in the incident Army Chief Bipin Rawat reached Jammu and Kashmir this morning to observe the entire operation. High alert still issued in Jammu Army sources said the story is still hidden inside the two militant camps. Operation is going on.
The militants attacked an army camp in Sunjwan in Jammu and Kashmir by 4:55 pm tomorrow morning. Then begins the operation. Operation last night for the annihilation of militants.According to the army sources, among the injured one is the daughter of the army officer. Last night, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti went to see the injured in the hospital. The number of housing in the area is evacuated. Some local schools are also closed.
After the militant attack, Jammu Kashmir Governor M N Vora went to the residence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The two have discussed the security of the state.
Police sources said that every militant peddle (suicide) entered into the camp for the attack. They entered the camp behind the camp. But how they surrounded the tight security and entered the camp, it is still not known. This is the biggest militant attack in the army camp after the Uri attack on September 18, 2016.
- There was intermittent firing overnight. Operations will continue till all the terrorists are apprehended or killed, the Army said. While two terrorists were killed by last evening, two more were killed today, according to Army sources.
- The injured include women and children. The daughter of a junior Army officer is among them. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited the injured at the Military Hospital in Jammu on Saturday evening.
- The Sunjuwan Army camp has over 150 houses in the campus. Most of these apartments have been cleared and the occupants have been moved out.
- The terrorists were carrying a large amount of ammunition and hand grenades and wore Army combat uniform, according to an Army statement.
- The sentry post at the Army camp had noticed some suspicious movement around 4.55 am on Saturday. When the sentry bunker was fired upon, the soldiers retaliated. After a brief exchange of fire, the terrorists entered the complex, an Army statement said.
- The terrorists reportedly entered from the back of the camp . It is believed to be a fidayeen (suicide) attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, police said. "It's not clear how they managed to do that," a senior police officer said.
- Schools in a five-kilometre radius around the camp have been closed by the authorities as a precautionary measure. A high alert has been sounded in Jammu and security heightened in and around the city.
- Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the most senior police officer in Jammu and Kashmir, SP Vaid, who briefed him about the situation.The Home Ministry is closely monitoring the situation, Mr Singh's office tweeted.
- Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, killing a woman.
- There have been numerous attacks on police, paramilitary and Army camps in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years. In April last year, three soldiers including a Captain, were killed in an attack in Kupwara. In September 2016, seven soldiers died and three terrorists were killed at an Army camp in Nagrota near Jammu, not far from the Sunjuwan camp.
No comments:
Post a Comment