Three soldiers including an army captain were killed on Thursday when a group of militants stormed a garrison in south Kashmir’s Kupwara, a defence official said. Read | Kupwara army camp attack LIVE: Three soldiers killed in Kashmir, militants used guns and grenadesThe attackers, suspected to be fidayeen militants, sneaked into the camp before sunrise at around 4. The strikes followed a string of attacks on defence installions and army camps including one at Uri which had left 19 Indian soldiers dead in September last year. Weeks later, seven soldiers, including two majors, were killed when militants dressed as policemen stormed another military camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota. Students across Kashmir have been rallying this month at anti-India demonstrations, facing off against heavily armed riot police and paramilitary soldiers.

Source: Hindustan Times April 27, 2017 04:10 UTC