Death toll from attack on Indian air force base rises to 10
The death toll from an attack on an Indian air force base in the northern state of Punjab has risen to at least ten people, including six members of security forces and four militants.
Early on Saturday morning, unknown gunmen in army uniforms launched an attack on the base in the Pathankot district of Punjab, 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the border with Pakistan. The raid lasted over 14 hours.
There was no damage to fighter jets at the base, said Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, the director general of police in Pathankot.
According to air force spokeswoman, Rochelle D'Silva, mop-up operations to secure the base continued through the early hours of Sunday.
Two security personnel were injured in a blast as they were scouring the base, a police official in Pathankot said.
Officials said the Saturday assault bore the hallmarks of previous attacks by Pakistan-based militant groups, adding that police were investigating the case. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
One of the security forces killed in the assault was Subedar Fateh Singh, who won gold and silver medals in the first Commonwealth Shooting Championships held in 1995, India’s National Rifle Association said.
The attack came about six months after Indian security forces fought a prolonged gunfight with militants who attacked a moving bus and stormed into a police station in the town of Dinanagar in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. Indian police said at least four policemen and three civilians were killed in the deadly assault. The militants were also shot dead during the gun battle.
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