Terrorist attack on IAF base Pathankot
CG/2nd Jan/2016/Yogesh Pareek
Connect Gujarat/Pathankot: Security forces killed two terrorists following an attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) Station in Pathankot district in north Punjab early on Saturday. According to media reports, a jawan was also killed in the gunbattle.
Police informed sources that the gunfire was started at around 3.30 am, police have cordoned off the area and army have been called. Number of terrorists was reported to be around four to six, who were in Army fatigues.
Heavy firing could be heard from the IAF station area till 7.30 am. Security forces were already on high alert in the past 24 hours after an incident in a nearby area where a senior police officer was abducted in his car late Thursday but released later.
