Seven Indian soldiers killed in attack on army base

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 29 November, 2016

By: Eastern Eye Staff

SEVEN Indian soldiers were killed after militants disguised as policemen stormed a major army base near the frontier with Pakistan today (29), as tensions between the two neighbours ran high after weeks of cross-border firing. Four suspected militants were also killed in the stand-off with security forces inside the command centre in northern Jammu and Kashmir state that lasted most of the day. It was the most audacious attack on an Indian military base since September, when 19 soldiers were killed in an assault that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants. The army in a statement said four of its soldiers…

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