Three Jawans Injured In A Militant Attack At Srinagar BSF Camp

Militants carried out a ‘fidayeen' (suicide) attack on a Border Security Force camp located near Srinagar International Airport leaving three jawans injured, the police said.

A body suspected to be of a militant was found. The identity is yet to be ascertained, Director General of Police SP Vaid said. “Three army personnel have been injured, while the firing is ongoing,” according to a BSF official.

The attack took place at 4 a.m. and firing ensued between the militants and security forces, they said. The terrorists are holed up inside the building campus of the 182nd Battalion camp, BSF officials said.

Airport operations have been suspended as the security forces were fighting militants who had breached into the 182 battalion headquarters of BSF located in Gogoland, the police said. This battalion is entrusted with security of runway of the Srinagar Airport.

Adjacent to the camp is the old Srinagar air field which is run by the Indian Air Force. The area also houses training centres of the BSF and Central Reserve Police Force.