Srinagar/New Delhi: Two weeks after the Uri attack and days after India retaliated by sending special forces deep into the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir to destroy jihadi launch pads, a group of fidayeen terrorists attacked an army camp on the banks of Jhelum river in Baramullah on Sunday night.
According to initial reports, one BSF jawan was killed and another was injured in the attack on the headquarters of the 46 Rashtriya Rifles in Janbazpora.
The attack began at around 10.20 pm and at around 12.30 am, the Indian Army Northern Command tweeted that "Baramulla incident situation contained and (is) under control."
Initial reports put the number of fidayeen at seven. The camp is located on the outskirts of Baramulla city and personnel of BSF, which is under the operational command of the Army in this area, jointly stay in the camp with the soldiers, officials said.
The terrorists are believed to have entered the RR premises through the adjacent BSF camp and there was firing reported from adjacent houses located near the camp.
Earlier, Pakistani troops launched firing and shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwala sector of Jammu district.
On Saturday, Pakistani troops shelled Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and heavy machine guns (HMG) amid small arms firing along LoC in positions along LoC in Pallanwala and Chhamb areas.
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