DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Terror Strike In Kashmir Ahead of PM's Visit - Eight Army Jawans Killed
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 24, 2013: Eight soldiers were killed and 13 were injured, seven of them seriously, when two militants opened fire on an Army convoy on the outskirts of Srinagar, just a day before a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The Prime Minister condemned the attack, calling it 'cowardly' and said his travel plans remain unchanged. (Read)
The Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the terror attack but central intelligence agencies believe that the terror group acted on behalf of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The militants opened fire on the second of three Army vehicles before racing away on a motorcycle. They, however, ran into a police check-post about five kms away. They then lobbed a grenade and opened firing, which resulted in injuries to a CRPF officer and a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer. Abandoning the motorcycle, the men fled in a car with tinted windows.
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