Nagrota terrorist attack: Combing operations resume

In the biggest assault on an Army installation since the Uri attack, armed militants dressed in police fatigue the officers’ mess building complex of the Army base and created a hostage-like situation.

The Jammu-Srinagar highway, which runs through Nagrota, was closed for traffic near the town, parts of which continued to be under cordon. “The situation is under control”. As the militants stormed the 166 artillery unit, a hostage crisis was witnessed.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Combing operations on Wednesday resumed at the army camp in Nagrota, where seven defence personnel were killed in a terror attack, to flush out any remaining militants.

India accuses Pakistan of supporting armed groups based on its side of the border who cross over to launch attacks.

Indian and Pakistani cross-border firing along the heavily militarised LoC has intensified as tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours has risen.

Since then, militants have attacked security forces in at least a dozen strikes in Jammu and Kashmir. “We want that the internal security must be strengthened and the government must also keep the option open of initiating dialogue with Pakistan”, said Yadav. Few terrorists entered who heavily armed with weapons had entered into Nagrota Army Camp and attacked the Army officials and their families.

Indian army soldiers patrol a road near the site of a gunbattle in Nagrota, about 15 kilometers from Jammu, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.

Afterwards, three Indian army men were killed in a rescue operation after the militants took 16 people hostage inside two buildings used as accommodation by the families of the army officers.

They have fought two of three wars over those claims since 1947.

Diplomatic relations have also turned frosty, with both countries mounting charges of spying on diplomats and expelling them.

Sources said the Prime Minister was briefed in the morning and again after the operation was over.

The restive Muslim-majority region of Kashmir has witnessed an increase in mass protests and violent attacks since early July, when a top pro-independence figure was killed in a shootout with Indian troops. We are for a dialogue with Pakistan, but talks and terror can not go together. “That would be simplest thing to do, but Pakistan instead indulges in propaganda”, MEA official spokesperson Vikas Swarup told the media here.