Jammu: Sunjuwan Army Camp attack leaves five soldiers, one civilian dead
Jammu, Feb 11 (IBNS): The Indian Army's operation to flush out the terrorists holed up near the residential quarters inside the Sunjuwan Army camp in Jammu since Saturday left five soldiers martyred and a civilian deceased, media reports said on Sunday.
The five martyred Army personnel include Sub. Madan Lal Choudhary (1st Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, JAK LI), Sub. Mohd Ashraf Mir (1st JAK LI), Hav. Habib-Ullah Qurashi (1st JAK LI), NK Manzoor Ahmed (1st JAK LI) and L/NK Mohd Iqbal (1st JAK LI).
The civilian who was killed has been identified as the father of L/NK Mohd Iqbal.
Even after the passage of 24 hours, the Indian Army's operation continued on Sunday.
According to reports, the Army said that there was no firing during Saturday night.
The operation now mainly focuses on evacuation of people from family quarters.
This comes after three heavily armed Jaish terrorists were neutralized by the Army on Saturday itself.
Reports said that four terrorists had stormed the Sunjawan army camp in Jammu city early on Saturday morning.
The terrorists were not only carrying a large amount of ammunition but wore Army combat dress, reports said.
Presently, Jammu is on high alert and schools near the Army camp have been closed.
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