Uri attack: Timeline of major militant strikes against security forces in Jammu and Kashmir
In one of the deadliest attacks on the Army in recent years, 17 jawans were killed and 19 others injured as heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the force in North Kashmir's Uri town in the wee hours of Sunday. Four militants involved in the terror strike were killed by the Army.
Here's a timeline of the major militant strikes against security forces in Jammu and Kashmir since 2013—
2016
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. Two militants were killed in the exchange of fire at Pampore. 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 had attacked the CRPF convoy at Frestbal.
January 2: Three security personnel and four attackers were killed when a group of heavily armed militants attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station.
2015
December 8: Two militants were killed and four persons, including two CRPF personnel, were injured in a brief shootout in the Pampore area of Pulwama District. The slain militants were identified as Shakir Showkat Bhat son of Showkat Ahmad Bhat of Nowpora, Sopore, and another militant was said to be a foreigner. DIG, South Kashmir, Nitesh Kumar said the slain militants had to carry out a Fidayeen attack in Srinagar and were intercepted by a joint team of SFs. He said that the duo was involved in an attack on CRPF convoy at Bijbehara in which six CRPF men were injured on December 7.
December 7: Six CRPF personnel were injured when militants opened firing on their convoy near Green Tunnel at Samthan in Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Anantnag District. The militants left the first few vehicles and targeted two vehicles in the convoy. They fled after the attack, taking the cover of dense trees. CRPF spokesman, Ashish Kumar Jha, said that three militants in Army fatigues appeared from nearby fields at Sangam in Anantnag near Bijbehara at around 10 am and fired at CRPF convoy. "It was some sort of a Fidayeen attack on the convoy. The militants had planned a proper and big attack on our security forces. But due to alertness of the CRPF Road Opening Patrol deployed on the highway the attack was thwarted. Otherwise, it would have been a major attack," Jha said. The HM outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack. LeT spokesman, Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi, also claimed responsibility for the attack on the CRPF convoy.
November 25: Three JeM militants and a generator operator of MES were killed in an encounter when a group of heavily armed Fidayeen militants attacked an Army camp near LoC at Tanghdar in North Kashmir's Kupwara District. Two Army officers were also injured in the attack and several Army barracks, vehicles and kerosene depot were gutted in the encounter that lasted several hours. The pouches recovered from them had written on them Afzal Guru Brigade. Oil depot inside the camp caught fire during the gun battle which later spread to nearby barracks, gutting five of them, including a generator room. Besides, three vehicles were also gutted in the incident. Militants killed a local employee of MES, Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh, who was operating power generator inside the camp. The bodies of the militants were handed over to local Auqaf Committee for burial.
May 31: Army foiled fidayeen attack on its Brigade headquarters in Tanghdar sector of Kupwara District by killing four members of six heavily armed militants. Later, during a search operation, the Army recovered one more civilian body near Brigade headquarters in Tanghdar sector of the District taking the death toll to five. Sources said that security guard of supply depot of the Army outside the Brigade headquarters noticed the movement of militants near the depot and fired at them. The militants fired back and the Army airlifted 40 members of elite Army Commandos of 4-Para from Kupwara District to conduct the operation against the heavily armed militants.
March 21: Two terrorists were killed during a fidayeen attack at the Army camp on Jammu-Pathankote National Highway in Samba District. Three persons including one civilian, a Major and an Army jawan were also injured during the attack.
March 20: A fidayeen squad of militants in Army fatigues stormed a Police Station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District, killing seven persons, including three SF personnel, two civilian and two militants while 12 persons, including eight CRPF personnel, three Policemen and a civilian were also injured in the incident. Two AK-47 rifles with 21 magazines and 156 rounds, 19 live grenades, two wire cutters, two pistols and 61 rounds were recovered from the slain militants.
2014
December 5: A group of heavily armed militants stormed into an Army's 31 Field Regiment Ordinance Camp located at Mohra in Uri Sector of Baramulla District near the LoC. During the intense operations, one Lieutenant Colonel and seven soldiers of the Army, one ASI and two constables of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed. Six militants were also killed in the operation. Six AK rifles with 55 Magazines, two shotguns, 2 Night Vision Binoculars, 4 Radio Sets, 32 unused Grenades, 1 Medical Kit and a large quantity of miscellaneous war-like stores were recovered from the dead terrorists.
November 27: 10 persons, including four civilians, three Army soldiers and three militants, who were members of a suicide squad, were killed in day-long encounter at border village of Kathaar in Arnia sector, close to the International Border, of Jammu District. Four pairs of shoes and dresses recovered from under a culvert near the site of gun battle indicated that number of the militants was four. On November 28, the death toll rose to 12 after one civilian and one militant were killed in Kathaar village.
2013
March 13:Terrorists stormed a CRPF camp in Bemina area of the Srinagar city (Srinagar District), killing five troopers and injuring 10 others. Two fidayeen were also killed.
September 26: At least 13 persons were killed in twin suicide attacks Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 10 people, apart from three militants, were killed during the attacks. The dead include four Policemen and two civilians in Kathua District and four Army personnel, including Lieutenant Colonel Bikramjeet Singh (39) in Samba District.
Notably, no such attacks were reported between 2010 and 2013.