MAJOR MILITANT ATTACKS IN J&K
Dec 31, 2017: Five CRPF personnel and three Jaish militants, including two locals, were killed when militants stormed a CPRF camp in a pre-dawn strike in south Kashmir’s Lethpora in Pulwama Aug 26, 2017: Heavily armed Jaish-e-mohammad militants stormed the district police lines complex Pulwama killing eight security personnel, including four policemen and four CRPF men. Three Pakistani fidayeens were also killed
Nov 29, 2016: Militants entered an army unit at Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters on the outskirts of Jammu city, killing seven soldiers, including two officers
Sep 19, 2016: Heavily armed militants attacked an army base in north Kashmir killing 17 soldiers and injuring dozens of which two more died later. The raid surprised soldiers in their sleep as attackers lobbed grenades and set the building on fire. The attack triggered a surgical strike from the Indian Army on militant launching pads in POK
June 25, 2016: Eight CRPF men were killed and 20 injured in a militant ambush on a convoy in Pulwama district
June 3, 2016: Three BSF personnel were killed and five more wounded after militants ambushed their convoy on the Srinagar-jammu highway at Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, around 45km from Srinagar
February 20, 2016: Militants attacked a convoy of CRPF on the Srinagar-jammu highway in Pampore and entered a government building. The gunfight continued for more than 48 hours and ended with the death of three armymen, two CRPF personnel, a civilian and three militants
August 5, 2015: Two LET militants attacked a convoy in Udhampur district killing two BSF personnel. A militant was killed while another Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naved was captured alive by villagers
December 5, 2014: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Kashmir, six militants stormed an army camp in north Kashmir’s Uri. In the ensuing gunbattle, eight soldiers, including a Lieutenant Colonel, three Jammu and Kashmir policemen and all six militants were killed June 24, 2013: Militants carried out a brazen attack on an army convoy killing eight jawans and injuring 11 others near Hyderpora area on the outskirts of Srinagar