Update on the suicide terror attack at a BSF camp near Srinagar airport.


The BSF, Special Ops group and the J-K police have sanitised the area. Three terrorists have been killed, while as many BSF jawans injured. The body of one BSF jawan was recovered from the BSF camp. The IGP, Srinagar, says hundreds of explosives have been recovered. Outbound flight operations from Srinagar airport have now begun. 


Militants today carried out a pre-dawn suicide attack on a BSF camp near the high-security Srinagar International Airport in Srinagar leaving an Assistant Sub Inspector of the force dead and three security men injured.


Three militants were killed in the exchange of fire with security forces, a police spokesman said. BSF officials said an ASI of the force was killed in the attack on the 182nd Battalion camp.


The attack took place at 4.00 am and the exchange of fire is still on 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.


Image: A BSF jawan sanitises the area where the attack took place this morning.  Pic: Umar Ganie.