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Pathankot operation still on, five terrorists killed
Pathankot, Jan 4 (IBNS): The operation by National Security Guard (NSG) commandos at the Pathankot Airbase in Punjab, which has been attacked by militants since Saturday, is still going on.
The NSG earlier in the evening declared that it has eliminated five terrorists so far.
"The operations are still going on. We have eliminated the fifth terrorist," an NSG Official told media.
The official also told that they will continue the operation till the area is rendered safely.
Media reports had so far claimed that six terrorists attacked the base early on Saturday morning, out of which four died earlier in the gunbattle.
Two were reported to be still hiding in a building where Air Force personnel live with their families.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told media that the terrorists who attacked the Pathankot base were a "suicide squad" and wanted to "damage our Air Force assets."
Heavy firing was heard since Monday morning from inside the air base, where a gunbattle has been on since two teams of terrorists attacked it on Saturday morning.
Seven security personnel have been martyred.
The terrorists are believed to have crossed over into India on the intervening night of December 30-31. They entered the air force base sometime between January 1 and 2.
On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with the National Security Adviser, foreign secretary and other officials to discuss the situation in Pathankot.
Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj met a group of diplomats to chalk out a strategy on Pakistan. Coming a week after PM Modi's "spontaneous" visit to Pakistan, the attack has triggered a debate over ties with the neighbouring country.
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