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August 27, 2008
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11 persons, including three
Army soldiers, five civilians and three militants, were
killed while six others, including three soldiers, two civilians
and a woman, were injured in Jammu as three fidayeen (suicide
squad) militants, who had infiltrated in the early hours
of August 27-morning from Kanachak sector, managed to hijack
a truck at Gadla, and travelled more than 15 kilometers
before taking shelter in a house at Chinore on the old Jammu-Akhnoor
road taking nine persons hostage. The operation which started
at about 7 AM concluded after approximately 18 hours. Two
soldiers and three civilians were killed before the militants
took shelter in the house of one Billoo Ram Bhagat at Chinore
at about 6.45 am while two civilians, a Territorial Army
soldier and three militants were killed and a woman was
wounded in the gun-battle inside the house which concluded
in the mid-night. 10 civilians were held hostage by the
militants soon after they intruded into the house of Billoo
Ram.
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