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Jammu |Posted: Feb 10 2018 10:00AM
Updares : Feb 10 2018 12:25PM
LIVE: Death Toll reaches to 4, IAF para commandos airlifted to Sunjuwan Army camp as gunfight intensifies
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Inspector General of Police (Jammu Range) SD Singh Jamwal said on Saturday: “Around 4.55 am, suspicious movement was noticed by the Santri and his bunker was fired upon, then the fire was retaliated. The number of militants isn’t known yet; they’ve been cornered in one of the family quarters.”
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A group of militants attacked the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu city in the early hours today, leaving two army officers and two children dead and four army men injured, officials said.
The militants entered from the rear side of Sunjwan Army camp where family quarters are located, DGP S P Vaid said.
Sources said that a Junior Commissioner Officer (JCO), a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and two children were killed and four army men injured in the ongoing attack.
The militants, who are believed to be around three, have been isolated, they said.
IGP SD Singh Jamwal told reporters in Jammu that “around 4:55 am suspicious movement was noticed by the sentry and his bunker was fired upon. The fire was retaliated. The number of militants isn’t known. They’ve been cornered in one of the family quarters.”
Security forces and police have cordoned off the area around the Sunjwan Army camp.The camp falls under the first Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry in 36 Brigade.
Soon after the attack, reinforcements of the Army’s special forces and SOG rushed to the spot and cordoned off the whole area amid a fierce gunfight, security official said.
Schools in the entire area around the camp have been closed by authorities as a precautionary measure.
A high alert has been sounded in Jammu and security beefed up in and around the city.
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