Seven army personnel, including two officers, were killed in this attack before three terrorists were killed in an armed stand-off which also involved a hostage-like situation with 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children being held captive. All were rescued, army spokesman said. Giving details of the Nagrota attack, army spokesman said in the early hours of Tuesday, a group of heavily-armed terrorists, disguised in police uniform, targeted the army unit located three kms from the Corps Headquarters. Separately, at around the same time, BSF personnel in Ramgarh area of Samba were engaging three terrorists who were trying to infiltrate from Pakistan. It was only because of BSF's multi-tier security cover that this calamity was averted effectively," BSF spokesman said.

Source: dna November 29, 2016 14:54 UTC