Militants attack army camp in Kashmir's Kupwara

Some militants today attacked an army camp in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, prompting security forces to retaliate, army said.
"At around 5 AM, militants opened firing on an army camp at Langate in Kupwara district, which was retaliated by the alert jawans," an army official said.
He said there was a stand-off firing for about 15-20 minutes. No casualties were reported in the exchange of fire.
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Meanwhile, the militants again opened fire at the forces who were conducting the search operation, the army official said.
"There was firing once again on the camp at 6:30 AM as the forces were conducting the search operation," the official said.

He said the operation was on and additional forces have been rushed to the area.