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Terrorists attack Rashtriya Rifles camp in J&K Kakapora area

Terrorists attack Rashtriya Rifles camp in J&K Kakapora area

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Sources said the terrorists attacked the Rashtriya Rifles camp in Kakpora with a grenade around 8.30pm

Terrorists on Monday evening attacked an Indian Army camp in South Kashmir’s Kakapora area.

The police and Army sources here said that a rifle grenade was fired towards the company headquarters of the Army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles at Kakapora in Pulwama.

No loss of life or injuries have been reported so far.

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After the attack, the area has been cordoned by the Army and Quick Reaction Team (QRT) of police and CRPF.

The soldiers present inside the camp promptly fired their rifles towards the direction of the attack.

The attack on the Indian Army camps comes a day after cross-border firing and shelling by Pakistani soldiers along the Line of Control in Rajouri district. Four soldiers including a captain were killed in the shelling.

Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement, JeM spokesman Hassan Shah claimed that the outfit carried out the attack on the RR camp at Kakapora in Pulwama in south Kashmir by firing rockets, causing heavy damage to the Army.