By the latest inputs at least two terrorists were killed in gunbattle between security agencies and militants.
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– Security establishment was already on alert and anticipating an attack after an SP of Punjab police was abducted by a group of armed men in army uniform on Thursday night.
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Pakistan’s foreign ministry condemned the attack.
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Security personnel stand alert on a road leading to an airforce base in Pathankot on January 2, 2016.
Defence installations somewhere else in Punjab were put on high alarm on Saturday taking after knowledge reports that up to 15 terrorists could have penetrated into India from Pakistan side on December 30-31. It’s also very close to India’s border with rival Pakistan. Surjewala said that it is a matter of serious concern.
BBC’s Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says it is not yet clear who the attackers are but suspicion is already falling on Kashmiri militant groups based in Pakistan.
The attack comes just days after the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lahore and met Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to give boost to the renewed peace initiative between the two countries.
Meanwhile, SD College which is also located near Air Force Base station postponed the exams in the wake of terror attack.
– National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval was also monitoring the terror attack from New Delhi, sources told IANS.
India’s Defense Ministry spokesman Dhananjay Mohanty told CNN the botched attack took place at the Pathankot air force base in the northwestern state of Punjab.
Punjab Police and its elite SWAT commando units are providing the outer cordon to the counter operations to ensure that no terrorist is able to escape.
On July 27 previous year, three militants opened fire in a bus and then stormed a police station in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur, before being killed after 12-hour gun battle.
However, Saturday’s pre-dawn attack was much more audacious in targeting a large military facility, from which India’s Russian-made fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets and Mi-35 attack helicopters fly.
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Since independence from Britain, India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir, which they both occupy in part and claim in full.
