Terror struck Jammu and Kashmir once again on Saturday after militants opened fire at an army camp on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district.
Wailing relatives of a police person who was killed in an encounter at Rajbagh police station in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the DGP of Jammu and Kashmir and took stock of the situation. Singh has directed the Home Secretary to closely monitor the situation.
The militants then hurled grenades at the police station and opened indiscriminate fire. Nine persons have been injured in the attack - seven CRPF personnel, a policeman and a civilian.
The ultras then hijacked the jeep, which had three passengers on board and fled towards the Rajbagh Police Station where they opened fire on a sentry and killed him.
An injured CRPF constable Bharat Prabhu said the militants wearing Army uniforms intercepted a jeep going from Jammu to Pathankot on the pretext of checking the vehicle.
Police officers said a group of two to three militants of a 'fidayeen' squad stormed Rajbagh Police Station in the wee hours and opened indiscriminate fire.
Army soldiers take position behind a tree as they watch a gun battle between suspected militants and security forces.
Soldiers carry the body of a security man after he was killed in an attack by suspected militants at Rajbagh police station in Kathua.
Two militants were also killed in the subsequent encounter with security forces that ended around noon.
A 'fidayeen' squad of militants in Army fatigues stormed a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, killing four persons, including three security personnel, and leaving 10 others injured.
Bullet marks from a rebel attack are seen on the walls of Rajbagh police station as security personnel stand at the site in Kathua district, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Jammu on Friday.
People crowd near the site of encounter between security personnel and militants at Mehasar army camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Security personnel take up positions during an encounter with militants at Mehasar army camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that two terrorists were killed, however search operation was still on.
The second attack took place 12 miles from the police station in Kathua where six people, including two militants were killed by security forced on Friday.