Two Indian soldiers were killed on Saturday in an ongoing gunfight after suspected freedom fighters attacked a military base in the Jammu region of Indian-held Kashmir, officials said. The pre-dawn attack left six others injured, including a girl, after freedom fighters stormed Sunjuwan Army camp near Jammu, the second largest city in the disputed Himalayan region.
"Two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) have been killed and six others injured in the attack," a senior minister Abdul Rehman Veeri told lawmakers inside the state's parliament.
Jammu's regional police chief S D Singh said the attack kicked off around 4:55 am (2325 GMT Friday) when guards came under a hail of bullets near the base's boundary wall.
"The attackers later entered the camp and they have been cornered in one of the family quarters," Singh told AFP. Police chief S P Vaid told AFP that one of the injured was the daughter of an army officer. There was no immediate confirmation on the number of attackers or the group.