The attack left five soldiers and one civilian dead and 11 others injured. In 2016, India blamed the same group for an attack on another army camp in Indian-held Kashmir that left 17 soldiers dead. In continuing violence in the troubled Himalayan region, one paramilitary soldier was killed Monday when two gunmen opened fire near a paramilitary camp Srinagar, the region’s main city. Several militant groups have been fighting for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with Pakistan since 1989. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training the militants, a charge it denies.

Source: National Post February 12, 2018 05:39 UTC