Militants walked from across border: Omar Abdullah

Jammu, Mar 20: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the militants who carried out a Fidayeen attack on a police station in Rajbagh area of Kathua district came from across the border.

Omar said the attack was carried out on the past pattern.

"These Fidayeen will have walked across the border last night and launched their attack this morning which is the past pattern as well," Omar said on his twitter account.

"My thoughts are with those brave security personnel dealing with the Fidayeen attack in Kathua town of Jammu this morning," he tweeted.

A group of two to three Fidayeen militants stormed into Rajbagh Police Station in wee hours today and opened indiscriminate firing, killing one policeman and injuring another, a senior police office said, adding the encounter is going on.

These Fidayeen will have walked across the border last night & launched their attack this morning which is the past pattern as well.

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) March 20, 2015

My thoughts are with those brave security personnel dealing with the Fidayeen attack in Kathua town of Jammu this morning.

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) March 20, 2015

PTI