Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Marathon standoff with militants ends

After a 40-hour gunbattle, forces neutralise­d terrorists holed up in Sunjuwan Army camp

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SATURDAY

4.45am: Guards spot and confront three terrorists inside the camp. JeM suicide attackers killing a JCO and a non-commission­ed officer. Nine people, including women and children, are wounded

4.50am: 150 houses in the camp evacuated, counter-offensive begins

10am: Protests rock state assembly 12.55pm: Army spokesman says situation under control

7.20pm: Two attackers shot dead 8.30pm: Army chief General Bipin Rawat reaches Jammu

9:30pm: Army deploys tanks

SUNDAY

After midnight: Soldiers keep watch as high-power lights illuminate the camp’s barracks 4am: Military helicopter hovers over the camp with search lights 8.50am: Operation continues inside camp, troop movement increases outside as well

3pm: Army spokespers­on Lt Col Davendra Anand says nine people, including three terrorists, killed

4pm: Four fire trucks enter the camp

4.55pm: NIA team enters camp

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