All four militants gunned down, 17 soldiers martyred in Uri Army headquarter attack: As it happened
Srinagar : Militants on Sunday morning heavily gun fired Army headquarters in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. Following are the live updates of the incident.
Live Updates:
# All terrorists gunned down by Army, who attacked Rear Base of one of the unit deployed at Uri (J&K). Search operation on.
17 soldiers have lost their lives and four terrorists gunned down in Uri (J&K) Encounter. (Visuals deferred) pic.twitter.com/6Ja2hr86Bw
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2016
# High level security meet to take place at HM Rajnath Singh's residence at 12:15pm, senior MHA and MoD officials to attend the meet.
# HM Rajnath Singh instructs Home Secretary and other senior officers in MHA to closely monitor the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
# Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to Governor & CM of J&K regarding Uri terror attack, they apprised him of security situation in the state.
# Home Minister Rajnath Singh calls an emergency meeting of concerned officials over the ongoing encounter in Uri (Jammu and Kashmir).
#WATCH #Firstvisuals: Terrorist attack at army's Brigade HQs in Uri (J&K). Encounter underway. (visuals deferred) pic.twitter.com/CG8ur8Rkor
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2016
#Firstvisuals: Terrorist attack at army's Brigade Headquarter in Uri (J&K). Presence of 3-4 terrorists suspected. pic.twitter.com/4iRX0Rceff
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2016
# Home Minister Rajnath Singh postpones his Russia visit, closely monitoring the situation.
# 6 soldiers injured in the attack, 3 soldiers airlifted to the hospital: Times Now
# Special armed force has been airdropped at Uri to fight hiding militants.
# The headquarter in Uri is located near the Line of Control.
# Three to four militant stormed into Army headquarters and started firing eveywhere.
# Cops suspect it to be fidayeen attack (PTI)
