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Two Army Majors, 5 jawans, 6 terrorists killed
 [Daily Excelsior] Seven Army soldiers including two Majors and six gunnies were killed while eight BSF and police personnel including DIG BSF BS Kasana were maimed in twin terror attacks at an Army camp in Nagrota and unsuccessful infiltration attempt at Ramgarh in Samba sector today. While operation at Samba was over by this afternoon, it was temporary halted tonight at Nagrota but cordon was maintained and will resume with the onset of dawn tomorrow as Army didn’t rule out presence of more gunnies inside the camp.The attack on 166 Artillery Unit of the Army, just about three kilometers from 16 Corps Headquarters at Nagrota, was the first major after September 18 Uri terror attack in which 20 Army jawans were martyred. The twin attacks came within a day after the naming of Qamar Javed Bajwa as new army chief of Pakistain in place of Raheel Sharief, who will hang up his boots on November 30.  Defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta told news hounds at Nagrota late this evening that seven Army soldiers including two officers have been martyred in the terrorist attack inside Nagrota Army camp. He said that three Lions of Islam have been killed so far but the operation was not over yet indicating that there could be one or two more gunnies inside the camp.Posted by: Fred 2016-11-30 |
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