Terrorists sneaked into the army camp at Uri early on Sunday and in the worst attack on a military centre in the state in a decade killed 17 soldiers.
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Seventeen soldiers were killed when militants attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir early on Sunday morning, the Indian army said in a statement.
“We strongly condemn the terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished”, Modi had said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. She said that the attack was aimed at creating a war-like situation between India and Pakistan.
He cancelled trips to Russian Federation and the United States. He said India must investigate the incident before blaming others. “We reject this”, he maintained.
He reminded that, Pakistan always sought concrete evidence from India to prove its accusations, but it failed to do so.
They were killed in a battle that raged for almost three hours, military officials said. “Like Prime Minister said that the ones behind these attacks will not be spared”, said Jaitley.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also condemned the attack. Possibility could be that at the occasions of 71st Session of UN General Assembly beginning on 19 September, 2016 in New York, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of India has staged this drama just to molest Kashmiri Independent movement as an act of terrorism.
There have been several attacks on the armed forces in Kashmir, but this one is deadliest in the recent times.
He also reiterated that no infiltration is allowed from Pakistani soil because water tight arrangements are in place on both sides of LoC and Working Boundary all along, the ISPR added.
The casualties were high because a large number of soldiers were turning over the base to new units and were stationed in tents and temporary shelters that caught fire in the attack, the army said in a statement.
Lt Gen Singh blamed Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-i-Mohammad, saying he had already expressed “serious concerns” to his Pakistani counterpart.
“All four killed were foreign terrorists”.
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“Foreign terrorists were behind the attack”. Although, there has been no report of firing or explosion since 6:00 am, it took two hours for the Brigade Commander to pass all “OK Report” for the information of Indian Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag at 0800 hours, sharing success story that causalities have been evacuated and area cleared. He did not elaborate. The Jaish-e-Mohammed group has been involved in the attack on Pathankot air base in January during which seven army-men were killed.
