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Army artillery unit attacked in Nagrota near Jammu, three soldiers martyr

By FnF Defence Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 29, Nov 2016, 11:04 am IST | UPDATED: 29, Nov 2016, 13:39 pm IST

Army artillery unit attacked in Nagrota near Jammu, three soldiers martyr New Delhi: Three soldiers, including a Major, were killed in a terror attack on an army artillery unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota on Tuesday morning. Firing has been on for hours between the army and the terrorists, who attacked the camp around 5.30 am with grenades.

Four terrorists are believed to be hiding in the camp.

Nagrota, which is around 20 km from Jammu, is the headquarters of the army's 16 Corps, a massive military formation that defends the borders and fights terrorists in the greater Jammu region.

The army has cordoned off the area and all schools have been shut down. Traffic has been stopped on the highway, which is very close to the camp.

The ongoing firing has killed two jawans and injured two others, one of them being a junior commissioned officer.

CNN-News18 reported that the Indian security forces killed one terrorist later in the morning. According to the TV news channel, the militants entered the area dressed in army clothes.

"A group of heavily armed militants, believed to be four-to-five in number, attacked the 166 field army regiment camp in Nagrota area of Jammu today (Tuesday) morning," the police told IANS.

According to CNN-News18, the militants are currently holed up inside the officer's mess near the camp.

This is the seventh terror attack in the last seven days. "The encounter is currently in progress, however, the number of militants is still not confirmed. We will able to give more details only once the operation is over," Defence PRO, Manish Mehta told the news channel.

The security forces have cordoned off the area and ordered to shut down all schools Nagrota tehsil as a precautionary measure.  "We have ordered the closure of all schools and education institutions in Nagrota tehsil in view of the terror attack", Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh said.

"We have ordered the closure of all schools and education institutions in Nagrota tehsil in view of the terror attack", Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh said.

In view of the attack, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for traffic in the area, PTI said.

An alert has been sounded in Jammu city as well.

The attack came around the same time when an infiltration bid was undergoing near the Chambliyal Border Outpost in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

In another incident, the Border Security Force intercepted a group of terrorists and killed two of them while they were attempting to cross over at the International Border at Ramgarh in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector.

There has been a spurt in attacks and infiltration attempts by terrorists from across the border over the past few weeks.

In September, 19 soldiers were killed when terrorists from Pakistan attacked an army base in Uri. A few days later, the army carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control targeting staging areas for terrorists planning to attack Indian cities.
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