Terrorists target army camp in Langate in Jammu-Kashmir

October 06, 2016 08:04

Terrorists attacked an army camp in north Kashmir's Kupwara district this morning, prompting security forces to retaliate, army said.

"Around 5 am, terrorists opened firing on an army camp at Langate in Kupwara district, which was retaliated by the alert jawans," an army official said.

The terrorists shot at two sentry posts of the 30 Rashtriya Rifles camp and ran away. The heavy exchange of fire lasted around half an hour. No casualties were reported.

"The troops were alert and the attack was foiled," the official said, adding that a search operation was going on.

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