Overnight Firing, Encounter In Srinagar On For Over 20 Hours, One Soldier Dies

Srinagar | Tuesday | 13th February, 2018

Summary:

An encounter that started at 10 am on Monday is still going on, with intermittent firing through the night. Yesterday's attempt to attack the CRPF camp comes just two days after a terror attack in Jammu's Sunjuwan army base camp, in which five soldiers and a civilian were killed. Through the day loud gunshots could be heard as security forces engaged with the two terrorists. At least ten people, including soldiers, women and children, were injured.In a stern warning, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaaman said, "Pakistan will pay for this misadventure". The minister was in Jammu, to take stock of the situation at the Sunjuwan Army camp, where heavily armed terrorists entered the residential quarters of junior commissioned officers, spraying bullets and hurling bombs..