Uri, Dec 5: Five Army men and two cops are believed to have been killed in a militant attack near Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
The attack comes just days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on Dec 8 where he is scheduled to address an election rally.
A senior police officer told a news agency that insurgents attacked an army camp at Mohra near Uri border town early Friday morning.
“A group of two to three militants are believed to have entered the camp where intense firing is going on,” the officer said.
He added that guards of local police officers were also fired at by militants as they approached towards the camp.
The firefight was going on at the time of filing of this report.
