INDIA: INDIAN COMMANDOS IN KASHMIR FREE 12 HOSTAGES FROM MILITANTS WHO HAVE EARLIER KILLED THREE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND A WOMAN

Record ID: 1374631

  • Title: INDIA: INDIAN COMMANDOS IN KASHMIR FREE 12 HOSTAGES FROM MILITANTS WHO HAVE EARLIER KILLED THREE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND A WOMAN
  • Date: 14th July 1999
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JULY 14, 1999) (REUTERS) SLV EXTERIOR VENUE OF THE BRIEFING LV PRESS CONFERENCE MCU (English) COLONEL BIKRAM SINGH, SPOKESMAN OF THE INDIAN ARMY SAYING: "In the last 24 hours, intermittent shelling by the enemy has continued in the Drass sector. In our retaliatory fire, we have reliable input, that we have inflicted some casualties on the enemy. We are still in the process of carrying out our assessment." SV REPORTERS MCU (English) GROUP CAPTAIN D.N. GANESH, SPOKESMAN OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE SAYING: "While no sign of intruders were found, we continued to keep both the ground as well as the air space in that area under close watch. These sorties also serve to remind the Pakistanis that the air force is keeping up its high tradition of vigilance and watchfulness." SLV REPORTERS
  • Embargoed: 4th December 2014 01:11
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  • Location: NEW DELHI, BANDIPURA, SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict,General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAF2RJFLCILQW0HSUPFYVFSI32N
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Indian commandos in Kashmir have freed 12 hostages from militants who had earlier killed three military personnel and a woman.
    A senior Border Security Force official said crack troops of the elite National Security Guard and about 150 other security personnel stormed the campus early on Wednesday (July 14) morning and rescued all the hostages.
    The guerrillas shot dead three military personnel and a woman on Tuesday after sneaking into the camp in Bandipur, 57 km (36 miles) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of the insurgency-plagued state of Jammu and Kashmir.
    The incident has heightened fears of a backlash by separatist guerrillas following a two-month clash in mountains to the north of the bitterly disputed territory.
    Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir state Farooq Abdullah, who paid homage to those killed in Bandipura, suggested that Pakistan would continue to ferment trouble in Kashmir Valley after it was defeated in Kargil region.
    Reacting to the incident, India's defence minister George Fernandes said incidents like Bandipura will be taken care of by armed forces.
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