Militants attack Indian army base in Kashmir “killing 17”

NEW DELHI, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — At least 17 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a terror attack on an Army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Four of the attackers were also reportedly killed during the attack that took place Sunday morning.

Militants  stormed the Army base in Uri, close to the Line of Control with Pakistan in a pre-dawn ambush.
The injured have been airlifted to an Army hospital in state capital Srinagar, about 70 km away, where the condition of two are said to be critical, said a Xinhua report quoting an unnamed official.

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has cancelled his trip to Russia and the U.S. because of the terror attack.

“Spoke to Governor and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the terror attack in Uri. They have apprised me of the security situation in the state,” he tweeted.
Local TV channels reported, quoting sources, that this is a suicide attack by the militants who may have had entered this country from across the border.
Kashmir has been on the boil since the killing of 22-year-old militant commander Burhan Wani by Indian security forces in July. More than 80 people have been killed and over 10,000 others injured in violence in the aftermath of the killing.

This is also the second major terror attack at a defense base in northern India, the first being in January this year when some six terrorists entered the high security Pathankot air base in Punjab and opened fire, killing seven military personnel.  Enditem