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Pathankot Attack,
Pakistan sponsored
terrorist Play with fire
Heavily armed group of terrorists from Pakistan,
on 2 January 2016, attacked the Pathankot Air
Force Station, part of the Western Air Command
of the Indian Air Force.
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Four attackers and two security
forces personnel were killed, with
an additional security member
dying from injuries hours later. The
attackers, were wearing Indian Army
fatigues and were suspected to
belong to Jaish-e-Mohammed, an
Islamist militant group designated as
a terrorist organisation by India, the
US, the UK and the UN.
The attack was an attempt to derail
a fragile peace process meant to
stabilise the deteriorated relations
between India and Pakistan, as
several pieces of evidence were
found linking the attackers to
Pakistan.
On the night of 31 December 2015,
four men hijacked a multi-utility
vehicle belonging to Salwinder
Singh, a superintendent of the
Punjab Police, in Dinanagar. They
slit the throat of jeweller Rajesh
Kumar, who was with Salwinder
Singh and was later admitted to
a hospital. The vehicle was found
abandoned about 500 metres away
from the airbase. The attackers
have also murdered Ikagar Singh,
a civilian taxi driver, before the
hijacking his car.
On the morning of 2 January 2016
at around 03:30 IST, at least six
heavily-armed terrorists dressed in
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