It has been a testing day for Jammu and Kashmir with four terror strikes in different parts of the state. In the first encounter that lasted for nearly 12 hours, security forces successfully killed all six terrorists who tried to enter an Army fortification in the Uri sector. However, seven Army men and three policemen also lost their lives in the attack.

In another encounter in Soura area of Srinagar, just 10 kilometres away from the prominent Lal Chowk, one terrorist was killed by the security forces.

In the third attack in the state, a grenade was thrown inside the Shopian police station. No injuries have been reported so far in the incident.

The fourth attack took place when a grenade was thrown near a bus stand in Tral in Pulwama in a move to target the civilians. Seven people have been injured in the attack.

The Uri encounter started in the Mohura area at around 3 am on Friday morning when six terrorists tried to storm an Army fortification. A senior Army officer Lt Col Sankalp Kumar and six jawans were killed in the gunbattle. Three senior police officers who were supervising the operation have also been killed in the encounter.

The terror attacks come even as two phases of the Assembly elections are over and three others are still scheduled. Uri and the nearby Baramulla area will be voting in the third phase on December 9.

Source: IBN