Terrorists hit Baramulla Army camp in Midnight strike, one jawan killed

TIL Desk/National/Baramulla/One Border Seurity Force jawan was killed while another was injured when terrorists targeted a BSF and adjoining Army camps in Baramulla on Sunday night , barely four days after the Indian Special Forces smashed seven terror launch pads during a surgical strike across the Line of Control.

The terrorists, who gained entry into the 46 RR camp through an adjoining BSF camp, fired indiscriminately and lobbed grenades as well. During the firing, two BSF jawans were injured and were rushed to the nearby hospital, officials said, adding one of the personnel succumbed to injuries on the operation table.

The spokesperson for Srinagar-based XV corps, Col Rajesh Kalia, said terrorists fired at an Army camp at Jabanzpora in Baramulla and the firing was still on. The skies in Baramulla, 54 km from Srinagar, saw illuminators being fired by the Army to locate the terrorists who had sneaked into the 46 battalion of Rashtriya Rifles.

Sources said there was some firing from adjacent houses located near the camp, which is located on the banks of river Jhelum. However, the official Twitter handle of Udhampur-based Northern Command said, ‘Baramulla incident situation contained and under control’.  The attack comes despite intelligence inputs about possible terrorist attacks on security installations in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on September 29.