JAMMU: The Indian Army said today that the search operation was underway inits Sunjwan camp, which was attacked by a group of suspected JeMterrorists, killing six persons, including five soldiers.

Three suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists involved in the attack werekilled in the retaliatory action by the Army inside the camp and a largequantity of arms and ammunition was seized from them.

“The search operation is still on (at the camp),” Jammu- based Army publicrelations officer Lt Col Devender Anand told PTI.

A group of heavily armed men struck the sprawling camp of the 36 brigade ofthe Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry before dawn on February 10.

Five Army men, including two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs), werekilled in the attack.

Several blasts were heard inside the camp late last evening, breaking alull after the initial exchange of fire, but the Army said the blasts werethe result of sanitisation operation and there was no fresh contact withterrorists.

Parliamentary Affairs minister Abdul Rehman Veeri told the LegislativeAssembly that the operation was in the final stages.

He said that the injured Army personnel included a Lieutenant Colonel and aMajor.

The latest attack on the Army camp took place nearly 15 months after theJammu region was hit by a similar attack.

The last terror attack in the Jammu region had taken place on November 29,2016, when terrorists stormed the Army’s Nagrota camp on the outskirts ofJammu city, killing seven Army personnel including two officers.

Three terrorists were gunned down in the operation.

The terrorists had struck before dawn on Saturday and managed to sneak intothe camp from the rear side of the base after a brief exchange of fire withthe sentry on its periphery.

“The terrorists entered the family accommodation complex after which quickresponse teams cordoned off the area and isolated the terrorists, who areholed up in a few houses (inside the camp),” an official said. – PTI