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Samba Attack LIVE: Two terrorists killed, Congress says Centre is soft on Pakistan

For second day in succession, militants have attacked security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Samba: Security personnel take up positions during an encounter with militants at Mehasar army camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday
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Terrorists struck again for the second time in as many days when two of them opened fire at an army camp on Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district today and were killed in the counter attack.

The militants opened fired and lobbed grenades at an Army camp in Meshwara area of Samba around 5:50 AM, security officials said.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Delhi that two terrorists have been killed in the operation.

A civilian, who was passing by the area, fell off his cycle during the firing and was injured, the Army said.

Defence PRO Lt. Col Manish Mehta said it was difficult to say whether the two militants were from the same group which had attacked a police station in Kathua yesterday.

"At 5.45 AM, the terrorists had opened fire and let me tell you nobody has been injured. No soldier or civilian has been injured. The individual, who has been injured, had fallen off from his cycle during the firing. It is not a bullet or a splinter injury," Mehta told reporters.

"They (attackers) were not trying to enter any unit. They have fired from outside and now they have been cordoned outside the army area," he added.

Officials said the Jammu-Pathankot Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic as a precautionary measure.

Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh told reporters that, "The first gunshots were heard at around 5:30 AM. One person was injured during the firing. As the state has been put on high alert following yesterday's attack, the militants could not launch a bigger attack on Samba".

"Security forces have been alerted and will prevent such attacks. Combing operation is underway," he said. This is the second such terror attack in Jammu in as many days.

'Fidayeen' militants in army fatigues had stormed a police station in Jammu's Kathua yesterday, killing three security personnel and two civilians, and leaving 11 others including Deputy SP wounded.

Two militants were also killed in the gun battle.

Live Updates: 

16:20 IST Saturday, 21 March 2015

Congress has condemned the terror attacks in Kathua and Samba districts, saying such incidents cannot break the resolve of the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir even as it blamed the Centre of being "soft" towards Pakistan. There have been more than 846 ceasefire violations since the Bharatiya Janata Party formed came to power in Centre, senior Congress leader and former minister Sham Lal Sharma said.

13:53 IST Saturday, 21 March 2015

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar confirms that two terrorists have been neutralised and the search operation is still going on. The two back to back terror attacks in Jammu is an attempt by the militants to boost their morale which has come down due to the Army operations, the Defence Minister said. Read more

9:27 IST Saturday, 21 March 2015

8:55 IST Saturday, 21 March 2015

On Friday, a newly infiltrated group of two fidayeens stormed into the police station and killed four people including two CRPF men and injured 10 others in the Kathua district of Jammu division. Two fidayeens were later gunned down by the security forces in a five hour long operation.

Sources said Pakistan based militant commanders have switched over to new strategy which they call the sneak-in fidayeens. Under this plan, fidayeens are directly launched from Pakistan to infiltrate and launch instant attack on the security force installations without wasting any time on Indian soil. Same strategy was adopted on Friday when Pakistani fidayeens crossed the International Border which is more than 12 kilometre from the highway. Instantly after hijacking the vehicle the fidayeens attacked the police station.

Today's terrorist may also be part of the same module. 

Further details awaited. 

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