Seventeen soldiers of Indian Army’s Northern Command, and four militants were killed in a militant attack on an Army camp in Uri, Baramulla in north Kashmir early on Sunday morning. The army death toll is the worst in Kashmir since a raid in December 2014, also near Uri, in which eight soldiers and three police were killed.
Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag is to visit Kashmir in the wake of terror attack in Uri. All four terrorists were gunned down by Army, who attacked Rear Base of one of the unit deployed at Uri (J&K). Search operation is still going on, an Army source said.
Sources said intense firing and explosions could be heard at 12th brigade headquarters in Uri. The attack began at 5.30am in the morning and militants breached the perimeter fence to enter the camp.
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