3 terrorists killed at army camp in J&K's Handwara

Srinagar, Oct 6: Three militants have been killed by alert soldiers at the army camp, Langate in Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir.

At around 5 am, terrorists opened fire on the army camp. However, the alert soldiers fired upon the terrorists and prevented them from breaching the camp.

The firing lasted for about 20 minutes at the Rashtriya Rifles Camp. The firing began at around 5 am. The alert soldiers at the camp retaliated and foiled an attempt made by the terrorists to breach the camp.

After a 15 minute standoff firing resumed, police officials in Jammu and Kashmir say. However, the army managed to kill 3 terrorists. Combing operations were carried out and the operation declared closed by the army.

This is the third attack on an army camp in three weeks. In the Uri attack, 19 soldiers were matryed while four terrorists were killed. On Sunday last, there was an attack outside the army camp at Baramulla.

In the incident, one soldier was killed.The terrorsits,however, managed to escape.

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