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J&K terror attack: Army officer among 12 killed
JAMMU: Twelve people, including an Army officer, were killed on Thursday when militants mounted an audacious attack on a police station in Jammu region and commandeered a truck which they drove into an Army camp where soldiers took them on.
The brazen attack took place ahead of September 29 meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York on the sidelines of the UN general assembly meet.
Three militants reached the Hira Nagar police station in Kathua district in an autorickshaw, police sources said.
They then attacked the police station, which is barely 7km from the international border.
"Militants used grenades and automatic weapons to attack the Hira Nagar police station today (Thursday) morning...," said a source.
The rebels lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons, killing a shopkeeper.
Four policemen were also killed.
At least four people suffered critical splinter and bullet injuries.
Once the attack at the police station got over, the guerrillas shot dead a truck driver and stole his truck that was parked at the police station complex and escaped.
They took to the Pathankot-Jammu highway and the gunmen opened fire in Samba town only to run into Indian troops. The highway has now been closed.
"We intercepted the truck which the militants were driving in Samba area," a military spokesperson told IANS.
Army sources said the militants then entered an Army unit of Samba brigade, about 35km from Jammu, and opened fire. Exchange of fire between the militants and the security forces is underway.
An Army officer and two soldiers were killed while three soldiers were wounded.
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah confirmed that so far 12 people have been killed in these attacks.
Omar Abdullah said that these terror attacks have been carried out to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. "It would be grave injustice to those who have been killed if we postpone India-Pakistan talks," Abdullah added.
"There has been an attack on a police station and an Army camp...we are collecting information," Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters in New Delhi.
Army sources say that they have taken the help of helicopters, which were used to bring Army commandos to the site of the firing.
The Samba brigade belongs to the 9 Corps, which is headquartered in Himachal Pradesh. It falls under Army's Western Command.
J&K terror attack: Army officer among 12 killed - The Times of India
JAMMU: Twelve people, including an Army officer, were killed on Thursday when militants mounted an audacious attack on a police station in Jammu region and commandeered a truck which they drove into an Army camp where soldiers took them on.
The brazen attack took place ahead of September 29 meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York on the sidelines of the UN general assembly meet.
Three militants reached the Hira Nagar police station in Kathua district in an autorickshaw, police sources said.
They then attacked the police station, which is barely 7km from the international border.
"Militants used grenades and automatic weapons to attack the Hira Nagar police station today (Thursday) morning...," said a source.
The rebels lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons, killing a shopkeeper.
Four policemen were also killed.
At least four people suffered critical splinter and bullet injuries.
Once the attack at the police station got over, the guerrillas shot dead a truck driver and stole his truck that was parked at the police station complex and escaped.
They took to the Pathankot-Jammu highway and the gunmen opened fire in Samba town only to run into Indian troops. The highway has now been closed.
"We intercepted the truck which the militants were driving in Samba area," a military spokesperson told IANS.
Army sources said the militants then entered an Army unit of Samba brigade, about 35km from Jammu, and opened fire. Exchange of fire between the militants and the security forces is underway.
An Army officer and two soldiers were killed while three soldiers were wounded.
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah confirmed that so far 12 people have been killed in these attacks.
Omar Abdullah said that these terror attacks have been carried out to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. "It would be grave injustice to those who have been killed if we postpone India-Pakistan talks," Abdullah added.
"There has been an attack on a police station and an Army camp...we are collecting information," Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters in New Delhi.
Army sources say that they have taken the help of helicopters, which were used to bring Army commandos to the site of the firing.
The Samba brigade belongs to the 9 Corps, which is headquartered in Himachal Pradesh. It falls under Army's Western Command.
J&K terror attack: Army officer among 12 killed - The Times of India
