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Agence France-Presse

Pakistan “will pay” for an attack on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed nine, including five soldiers and a civilian, India’s defence minister said on Monday.
A firefight erupted on Saturday when heavily armed militants stormed the base in Jammu, the second-largest city in the disputed Himalayan region bordering Pakistan.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who visited the injured in hospital, said that counterterror operations at the camp had been called off on Monday.


“Our intelligence inputs indicate that these terrorists were being controlled by their handlers from across the border,” she told reporters.
Pakistan is expanding the arc of terror … [it] will pay for this misadventure
Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
“Pakistan is expanding the arc of terror … resorting to ceasefire violations (on the border) to assist infiltration. Pakistan will pay for this misadventure,” she said.
Sitharaman also corrected the earlier death toll given by police, who said 10, including four attackers, had been killed in the attack.
“The terrorists have been eliminated although there was information of four terrorists in the area … likely that the fourth [attacker] was a guide and didn’t enter the premises,” the minister said, putting the overall toll at nine.
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The intruders took positions inside a residential complex meant for soldiers’ families as the army launched a counteroffensive to drive them out.


Hindu-majority Jammu, located in the foothills of the mountainous region, is relatively peaceful but has repeatedly seen militant assaults on military bases close to the frontier with Pakistan.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from Britain in 1947. Both claim the territory in full and have fought two wars over the region.
In disputed Kashmir, Pakistan and India are racing to tap the Himalayas
Saturday’s attack comes 18 years after a similar militant attack on the base in 2003 that killed 12 soldiers.
In late 2016, India said its soldiers destroyed militant bases inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir after 19 soldiers were killed in an assault on an army base.


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India says Pakistan ‘will pay’ after Kashmir army camp attack killed nine

Indian army soldiers carry the body of a colleague who was killed in an attack on an army camp, on a stretcher outside a hospital in Jammu on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

epa06514403 Indian army soldiers take position outside the army family quarters where terrorists are believed to be holed up, during a terrorist attack on Sunjwan Military station in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 11 February 2018. According to the news reports, three terrorists and two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) were killed while nine others, including five women and two children have been injured after terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked the Sunjwan Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir. EPA-EFE/JAIPAL SINGH

Relatives wail during the funeral of Indian army soldier Madan Lal Choudhary, who was killed in Saturday's militant attack on Indian army camp, at village Bakrak, in Hiranagar, district Kathua, 72 kilometers (45 miles) south of Jammu, India, Monday, Feb.12, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

epa06515417 An Indian Army tank moves outside the army family quarters where alleged terrorists are believed to be holed up, during an attack on Sunjwan Military station in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 11 February 2018. According to the news reports, three terrorists and two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and three soldiers were killed while ten others, including five women and two children have been injured after terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked the Sunjwan Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir. EPA-EFE/JAIPAL SINGH

Indian defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefs media about militant attack at Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu on February 12, 2018. Pakistan "will pay" for an attack on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed nine including five soldiers and a civilian, India's defence minister said on February 12. / AFP PHOTO / Rakesh BAKSHI

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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the attack by militants was orchestrated by Pakistani handlers

Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the attack by militants was orchestrated by Pakistani handlers