Pathankot: An IED exploded during the combing operation at the Air Force base in Pathankot even as three security personnel injured in the terror attack by Pakistani terrorists succumbed to injuries, taking the death toll of security men killed in the attack to six.
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He also said that the security forces had sounded an alert in the area, including the Indian Air Force base near Pathankot, ahead of the pre-dawn attack on Saturday. He said they were quickly engaged by Indian troops and “were unable to move toward their likely intended target” of the area where the base’s aircraft and military equipment are kept.
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Pathankot police chief Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh official said the search would continue until they were satisfied the area was free of militants or munitions.
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A large cache of arms and ammunition have already been recovered during the sanitisation and search operations. An NSG officer was killed on Sunday morning and 12 of his colleagues were injured.
Officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of previous suspected assaults by Pakistan-based militant groups, underscoring the fragility of recent efforts to revive bilateral talks between the often uneasy neighbours.
An Indian official said two gunmen were still at large, contradicting reports that the base was secured on Saturday. With the terrorist’s rifle itself, he killed the terrorist.
In July three gunmen said to be Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants killed seven people including four policemen in an attack in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab. At the time of the initial tweet, the number of terrorists being killed was placed at four. It houses a fleet of India’s Russian-origin MiG-21 fighters and Mi-25 and Mi-35 attack helicopters, along with other military hardware.
The US is committed to its strong partnership with the Indian government to combat terrorism, he said in a statement.
IAF helicopters were also seen flying over the base and nearby areas to assist the ground forces in the operations.
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2016-01-03 13:46:01(IST): First Gun shots were heard in morning.
