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Suicide attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, 2016

S.No.

Date

 

Place/District

Outfit
Killed
Injured
C
SF
T
Total
1

June 25

Frestbal / Pampore / Srinagar

LeT
0
8
2
10
20
2
September 18

LoC/ Uri area / Baramulla District

JeM
0
20
4
24
19
3
October 2 Baramulla District NS
0
1
2
3
1
4
November 29 Nagrota / Jammu District NS
0
7
3
10
0
Total
0
36
11
47
40
*Data till December 31, 2016

 

November 29: Seven Army soldiers, including two Majors, and three militants were killed in a suicide attack on a camp of 166 Artillery Unit of the Army at Nagrota, just about three kilometers from 16 Corps Headquarters at Nagrota, in Jammu District. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta said, "The terrorists forced their entry into the Officers Mess complex by throwing grenades and firing from automatic weapons at the Sentries on guard duty. In the initial encounter, one Army officer and three soldiers were martyred," he said, adding the terrorists entered into two buildings, which were occupied by Army officers, their families and other soldiers, which led to a hostage like situation. "Yes, there was a hostage like situation inside the Army camp," the Defence spokesperson admitted. He said 12 Army soldiers, two women and two children were present inside the camp but the Army troopers acted very swiftly and quickly contained the hostage like situation by successfully evacuating all the troopers, women and children to safer locations. However, Lt Col Mehta said, in the attempt to rescue hostages, one more Army officer and two troopers were killed. "Bodies of three terrorists have been recovered and operations are in progress to sanitize the complete areas," he added.

October 2: At least two militants and a soldier were killed, and one soldier was injured, when militants launched a Fidayeen attack and lobbed grenades on two military camps in Baramulla District. The heavily-armed militants attacked the two camps, belonging to the RR and the BSF, leading to a fierce gun-battle with SFs. The martyred soldier has been identified as Constable Nitin and the injured soldier is Constable Pulwinder. Both are from the 40th battalion of the BSF, officials said. Firing is still underway from adjacent houses located near the camp, which is located on the banks of river Jhelum. However, the official Twitter handle of the Udhampur-based Northern Command said: "Baramulla Incident situation contained and under control". A spokesperson for the Srinagar-based XV corps Colonel Rajesh Kalia said terrorists targeted the Army camp at Jabanzpora in Baramulla and the firing is still on. The attack comes even as intelligence inputs over the last four days have alerted about possible terrorist attacks on security installations in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes across the LoC in Pakistan on September 29.

September 18: 18 Army personnel were killed when fidayeen (suicide squad) militants attacked an Army infantry battalion in Uri area in Baramulla District. At least four militants were also killed in the encounter. Police sources said the fidayeen militants stormed the Army camp in North Kashmir's Uri town near the LoC around 4 a.m. Some of the equipment carried by the terrorists who attacked Uri Army camp on September 18, morning had Pakistani markings on them, said Ranbir Singh, the DGMO. Giving details of the attack that left 17 soldiers martyred; the DGMO also said that initial reports of probe into the attack suggest that all of them were foreign terrorists and belonged to terror outfit JeM.

June 25: Eight paramilitary CRPF troopers were killed and 20 others injured when militants attacked their convoy at Frestbal near Pampore in Srinagar on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. CRPF spokesman, Bhavesh Kumar Choudhary said here that two militants were killed in the exchange of fire at Pampore while eight CRPF personnel were also killed and around 20 CRPF personnel injured in the attack. The spokesman said that injured have been shifted to Army's Base hospital in Srinagar and some of them are critical. The attack took place when militants ambushed CRPF convoy of 161 Battalion at Frestbal, Nambalbal area of Pampore on the National Highway. The militants fired indiscriminately at the CRPF bus and also deflated its tyres. The ROP of the CRPF engaged the militants in a brief encounter and killed two of them. Three CRPF personnel were killed on the spot and five others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. LeT spokesman Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi in a statement claimed responsibility for the attack. He said two fidayeen attacked the CRPF convoy at Frestbal and killed 13 CRPF men and injured more than 20.

Source: Constructed from media reports

 

 

 

 

 
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