Jammu : As per a police communication released on Sunday, a total of six persons, including five soldiers, lost their lives and 11 persons have been injured in the attack.
Anti-terror operations entered its second day on Sunday after suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists attacked the family quarters of the Sunjuwan military station in Jammu on Saturday morning. Two soldiers and three terrorists were killed on Saturday. “The operation is still going on,” Director General of Police said. “Intercepts suggest that the terrorists involved in the attack belong to Jaish-e-Mohammad group,” he said.
According to sources, at around 5 am on Saturday, three to four terrorists entered the junior commissioner officer (JCO) family quarters located at the rear side of the army camp. Officials said the terrorists have been cornered. A JCO was among the deceased and nine others, including five women and children, were injured. The attack comes amid an alert across the state of a possible strike by the terror outfit, in view of the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 9 and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front founder Maqbool Bhat on February 11. (Agencies)
