At least 17 soldiers have been killed and more than 30 others injured in a major terror attack at an Army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir Sunday. All the four terrorists involved in the attack were also killed.
This is the highest casualty that the Indian Army has suffered in a single terror attack in the past 26 years and worse than the militant strike at the Pathankot air base in the neighboring state of Punjab in January, in which seven Army men lost their lives.
The attack took place early this morning when four terrorists, suspected to have sneaked into this country from across the border Saturday evening, entered the Indian Army's administrative base in the northern state's Uri sector, which is near the Line of Control.
"In the counter action, four terrorists have been eliminated and combing operations are in progress. We salute the sacrifice of 17 soldiers who were martyred in the operation," the Indian Army said in a statement.
All the 30 injured have been airlifted to an Army hospital in state capital Srinagar, about 70 km away, where the condition of two are said to be critical, a senior defense official said, adding the Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh is on its way to the Army base.
Meanwhile, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has cancelled his trip to Russia and the US because of the terror attack. "Spoke to Governor and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the terror attack in Uri. They have apprised me of the security situation in the state," he tweeted.
India and Pakistan have already had a bitter war of words over the civilian deaths and unrest in Kashmir, a disputed region over which both the countries have fought at least three major wars with both claiming stake to it.
[Xinhua/china]
18/9/16
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This is the highest casualty that the Indian Army has suffered in a single terror attack in the past 26 years and worse than the militant strike at the Pathankot air base in the neighboring state of Punjab in January, in which seven Army men lost their lives.
The attack took place early this morning when four terrorists, suspected to have sneaked into this country from across the border Saturday evening, entered the Indian Army's administrative base in the northern state's Uri sector, which is near the Line of Control.
"In the counter action, four terrorists have been eliminated and combing operations are in progress. We salute the sacrifice of 17 soldiers who were martyred in the operation," the Indian Army said in a statement.
All the 30 injured have been airlifted to an Army hospital in state capital Srinagar, about 70 km away, where the condition of two are said to be critical, a senior defense official said, adding the Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh is on its way to the Army base.
Meanwhile, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has cancelled his trip to Russia and the US because of the terror attack. "Spoke to Governor and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the terror attack in Uri. They have apprised me of the security situation in the state," he tweeted.
- Kashmir has been on the boil since the killing of 22-year-old militant commander Burhan Wani by Indian security forces in July. More than 80 people have been killed and over 10,000 others injured in violence in the aftermath of the killing.
India and Pakistan have already had a bitter war of words over the civilian deaths and unrest in Kashmir, a disputed region over which both the countries have fought at least three major wars with both claiming stake to it.
[Xinhua/china]
18/9/16
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