Four terrorists were neutralised in the operation. “There have been a total of 17 Army fatal casualties”.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people, doesn’t appear to be linked to worldwide terrorism, and he vowed that authorities would find and prosecute whoever was responsible.
President Pranab Mukherjee said India will not be cowed down by such attacks and that it will thwart the evil designs of terrorists and their backers.
Kashmir has been in the grip of deadly unrest for more than two months, with protesting residents clashing nearly daily with security forces, in the worst violence to hit the region since 2010.
Vaid described Uri as “an active infiltration route for militants”.
The terror strike took place 100 kms from state capital Srinagar, in North Kashmir Uri town near the line of control.
“I woke up early to the sound of gunfire. Salute to our soldiers who gave supreme sacrifice to protect the motherland”, he said. The stand-off lasted for several hours. “Now, the army has stopped the movement of residents here after the attack”. Seven Indian security men had died in the attack.
“The solution to the problem lies across the border, not here”, Kadyan said.
An Army chopper at surveillance during a terror attack at the Army Brigade camp in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
“There are definite and conclusive indications that the perpetrators of Uri attack were highly trained, heavily armed and specially equipped”, Singh said in a series of strongly-worded tweets that were confirmed as genuine by his office. So far, no militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan is a terrorist state and it should be identified and isolated as such, he added.
Other Indian political figures voiced outrage.
“For one tooth, the complete jaw”, Ram Madhav, general secretary of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, posted on Facebook. “This India has moved on from old strategic restraint”, he said. The neighbor (Pakistan) is using terrorism, an instrument of cowards to kill our soldiers and civilians. “Unless the Govt. of India will not realise the fact that Kashmiris can’t be deprived of Right to Self Determination only for the animosity between India and Pakistan, mothers will continue to receive coffins from Kanyakumari to Uri”. He also said they had recovered “four Under Barrel Grenade Launchers and other war-like stores” from the terrorists. “Initial reports indicate that the slain terrorists belong to Jaish-E-Mohammed tanzeem”, Lt Gen Singh said in a brief statement to the media at South Block in Delhi.
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However, Pakistan DGMO termed India’s claim as “unfounded and pre-mature”. Rebel groups which have been fighting Indian troops in Kashmir since 1989 seek either independence for the region or its merger with Pakistan.
