“We are only hearing gunshots. We don’t know what has happened,” a resident of Baramulla told Greater Kashmir over phone.
Srinagar, Publish Date: Oct 3 2016 12:56AM | Updated Date: Oct 3 2016 12:56AM
Militants attacked an army camp in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district late on Sunday evening, reports said. NDTV reported that the militants attacked army’s 46 Rashtriya Rifles camp in Baramulla town at around 10.30 am. It quoted the J&K police saying that the attackers were immediately engaged by forces and two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured. “One of them later succumbed,” the news channel reported.
A BSF picket is reportedly located near the RR camp. According to residents of Baramulla town, they heard heavy firing at 10.30 pm. The firing continued for more than half an hour, triggering panic among people, they said.
“We are only hearing gunshots. We don’t know what has happened,” a resident of Baramulla told Greater Kashmir over phone.
The firing triggered concerns about safety of residents of Baramulla’s Old Town. Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted soon after the firing took place: “Colleagues in Baramulla town are phoning with reports of massive gunfire in their vicinity. Prayers for all in the area.” The Indian Express reported that it was a ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on 46 Rashtriya Rifles army camp. “Personnel of the border guarding force BSF, which is under the operational command of the Army in this area, jointly stay in the camp with the soldiers,” it quoted unnamed officials as saying. According to its report, the militants tried to enter through a public park but were not able to breach the 46 Rashtriya Rifles camp. The gunbattle was on when last reports came in.
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