SRINAGAR: At least four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants stormed the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu in a pre-dawn fidayeen attack on Saturday and killed two Armymen — a junior commissioned officers (JCO) and non-commissioned officer (NCO) — and injured nine others, including civilians.
A defence PRO said, “The Army has killed two heavily armed terrorists. The terrorists were wearing combat uniforms carrying AK-56 assault rifles, large amount of ammunition and hand grenades.”
“Search of their belongings confirmed the terrorists to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed. So far 1 JCO & 1 NCO, both belonging to J&K, have been martyred and 9 others are injured, ” he added.
Among the injured four persons, including Major Avijit Singh are said to be in critical conditions. The Major has been airlifted to Udhampur where he is being treated at the Army Base Hospital, said Jammu-based defence spokesman Lt. Col. Devender Anand.
IGP S.D. Singh Jamwal said, “Suspicious movement was noticed by the sentry and his bunker was fired upon. The fire was retaliated. The number of militants isn’t known.”
Police sources earlier said that the attackers split themselves into two groups and one of these was “isolated” in a corner of a four-storey building within the camp.
