Two army men, including a major, were killed as security forces battled a group of militants holed up in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota cantonment early on Tuesday, reports said, the second such attack on an Indian Army camp in two months. Militants attack Nagrota Cantonment in J-K Two army men, including a major, were killed after a gun battle broke out between a group of militants and security forces at 5:45 am in Nagrota Cantonment. The exchange of fire started at around 5.45am, an army officer had said earlierThe Nagrota Cantonment is the headquarters of 16 Corps and houses several important army units and installations. Nineteen soldiers were killed when a group of suspected Pakistani militants attacked an army camp in Uri in northern Kashmir on September 18. Two militants killed in SambaTwo militants were killed and a Border Security Force jawan injured in another gunfight near the International Border in Chamliyal area of Ramgarh in Samba district, around 70km from Nagrota.

Source: Hindustan Times November 29, 2016 03:04 UTC