SRINAGAR – Over 20 Indian soldiers have been killed, injured in attacks onIndian Army and Indian Police in Occupied Kashmir since the start of the2018.
Militants attacked the Sunjwan army camp in occupied Jammu and Kashmirearly on Saturday morning, in which two jawans, including a JuniorCommissioned Officer (JCO), were killed and four others were injured.
Intelligence inputs had warned an attack on the army or securityestablishment by JeM in view of the death anniversary of Afzal Guru who washanged on February 9, 2013.
However, this is not the first attack which has taken place this year.These attacks have resulted in a number of casualties of militants,security personnel and civilians.
Here’s a timeline of terror attacks which took place in 2018 in Jammu andKashmir:
December 31, 2017-January 1, 2018: Five CRPF personnel were killed andthree others were injured in a 24-hour long encounter between the BorderSecurity Forces (BSF) and suspected JeM militants in South Kashmir’sLethapora. Three militants were also neutralised during the gun battle.
January 19: Eight policemen were injured after suspected militants hurled agrenade at Tehsil office in south Kashmir’s Pulwama town.
January 22: A policeman was injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade nearBaramulla Police station in Jammu and Kashmir.
On the same day, a civilian was injured in a grenade attack by terroristswho were targetting the security forces in Pampore in the state.
January 26: Militants hurled a grenade at a police station in Jammu andKashmir’s Pulwama district. No casualty or injury was reported.
February 1: Militants attacked a post manned by a joint team of Jammu andKashmir Police and CRPF at Banura area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.No casualty was reported.
February 3: Two civilians and three CRPF personnel were injured on Saturdayin a grenade attack by terrorists on a patrol party of the security forcesin Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
February 7: Two policemen were killed at Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja HariSingh Hospital after militants opened fire on a police team accompanyingdetainees from the Central Jail to the hospital for a medical check-up. Atop Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Naveed Jat alias Abu Hanzulla, escapedfrom police custody during the attack.