Jaish attack on BSF camp leaves soldier, 3 ultras dead

Suicide squad storms the complex in Srinagar engages in gunfight for 9 hours

Three militants of the Jaish e-Muhammad[JeM] and an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Border Security Forces[BSF] were killed in a nine-hour gunfight in a heavily fortified BSF camp near the airport here on Tuesday.

The "heavily armed" and highly trained militants of the JeM suicide squad, named after Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, stormed the camp at Humhama at 4:15 a.m.

The fidayeen suicide attack was repulsed. All three militants were killed, said Muneer Khan, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir. The ASI killed was Braj Kishore Yadav, 50.

'Airport not a target'

Mr. Khan said the Srinagar airport was not the main target of the militants. The gates of the airport are just a few meters away from the BSF camp. "Only one fight was delayed or canceled and the rest operated normally, Mr. Khan said. However, no flight was allowed to land in Srinagar during the first six hours of the gunfight.

Four layers of security 

There are four layers of security in the area as it has BSF and CRPF training camps and the complexes of the J&K Infantry and the Indian Air Forces.

Mr. Khan said such attacks would continue as long as Pakistan is our neighbor. The Jaish e- Muhammad believes in fidayeen attacks. We will have to deal with them separately. he said.

One worker who helped the militants reach the camp has been identified the police said.