Eight Indian Security Personnel Killed in Kashmir

At least eight Indian security forces members were killed when insurgents stormed a police base in Pulwama, 35 km from Kashmir’s main city Srinagar. Local villagers said they were woken in the early hours by an intense rattle of gunfire and explosions. Officials said rebels made a quick entry into the vast complex, which also houses residential quarters of policemen and their families and managed to barricade themselves inside at least two multi-story buildings. In the fierce gunfight that ensued, four policemen and four paramilitary personnel were killed as the area reverberated with huge blasts. Al Jazeera reported that the Jaish-e-Mohammad group claimed responsibility for the attack.