Nation bids farewell to Kupwara martyrs

April 28, 2017 12:40

Srinagar: Wreath laying ceremony of Captain Ayush Yadav, Naik Venkata Ramanna and Subedar Bhup Singh who lost their lives in the Kupwara attack.

Three heavily-armed terrorists on Thursday stormed an army camp in Kupwara district of Kashmir, killing three before two of the assailants were gunned down in a fierce 35-minute encounter.

At around 4 am, three terrorists, dressed in black Pathani suit and combat jackets, entered from the rear side the artillery unit of the army garrison at Panzgam in Kupwara, about 100 kms from Srinagar, and started indiscriminate firing, army officials said.

They managed to cross the second security layer of the camp located in a mountainous terrain and spread over an area of 400 x 800 meters, the officials said.

Firing indiscriminately, the terrorists then advanced towards the officers' complex of the camp which houses about 1000 army personnel and is situated about 10 kms from the Line of Control with Pakistan.

Soldiers took on the attackers and forced them back towards one of the gates of the camp, the officials said.

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