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Sunjwan Army camp attack: Death toll rises to 6

SUNJWAN: More than 36 hours after it started, the encounter at Jammu's Sunjwan Army camp got over. Three terrorists of Jaish-e Mohammad, who had launched the pre-dawn attack on the camp on Saturday, have been killed, army sources said. Before they died, the terrorists had gunned down five soldiers and a civilian. Nine people have been injured.
While two terrorists were killed on Saturday evening, another was killed on Sunday, according to Army sources.
Army chief Bipin Rawat reviewed the anti-terror operations in Jammu on Sunday morning as the encounter stretched into its second day.
Intermittent firing carried on through the day as the soldiers combed through the camp where the terrorist was supposed to be hiding.
The terrorists, who were on a suicide attack, had entered from the back of the camp, sources said. Around 4.55 am, the sentries noticed some suspicious movement and the sentry bunker was fired upon. After a brief exchange of fire, the terrorists managed to enter the complex, an Army statement said.
The terrorists were carrying a large amount of ammunition and hand grenades and wore Army combat uniform, according to the Army statement.
The Sunjwan Army camp has over 150 houses in the campus. Most apartments were evacuated after the pre-dawn strike, but some women and children got injured. Among them was the daughter of a junior Army officer.
A pregnant woman, who was injured in the attack, has delivered a baby girl after the doctors at the army hospital in Satwari managed to save her life. Rifleman Nazir Ahmed and his pregnant wife were injured in the firing at the family quarters of the armymen.
The latest attack on the camp took place nearly 15 months after the Jammu region was hit by a similar attack.
Contingents of CRPF and police were posted outside the boundary wall and were keeping curious onlookers at bay to prevent civilian casualties.
A high alert has been sounded in Jammu and security beefed up in and around the city.
Intelligence inputs had warned of an attack on an Army or security establishment by Jaish-e-Mohammed in view of the death anniversary of Afzal Guru, who was hanged on February 9, 2013, for the 2001 attack on Parliament House. See also P7
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