Terrorists struck Indian Army camps 9 times in last 4 years

Terrorists struck Indian Army camps nine times in the last four years (Source: ministry of defense). A majority of the attacks were reported in Jammu & Kashmir, including the September 2016 Uri attack.

The country lost 35 soldiers and two civilians died in crossfire in the nine attacks.

The maximum loss was reported in the Uri attack. In five incidents of terrorist attack, the Army lost 26 soldiers with 25 injured.

Army shot 10 terrorists in the same period of time.

Dr Subhash Bhamre, minister of state in the ministry of Defence (while addressing a question) said, “The Defence Services have taken a number of actions, including risk categorisation of military bases, appraisal and up-gradation of intelligence gathering capabilities, strengthening and streamlining of the response mechanism, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), periodic security audit of all military installations and more. The Army also carries out in-depth analysis of the terrorist incidents and security breaches that are identified with various incidents. Perimeter security projects of all the three Armed Forces have been sanctioned by the Government."

He further added, “All terrorist attacks on Army camps are investigated in detail, and prima facie it was found that these attacks were carried out by terrorist outfits. Government had issued broad guidelines for Security of Defence Installations and in compliance to the said guidelines.”