2024 Baramulla attack

2024 Baramulla Attack
Part of Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Date24–25 October 2024
Location
Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Belligerents
People's Anti-Fascist Front

 India

Commanders and leaders
Unknown Not disclosed
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 4 soldiers and 2 porters killed.[1][2]

The 2024 Baramulla Attack was a militant assault carried out by members of the People's Anti-Fascist Front in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, on the night of 24 October 2024. The attackers targeted an Indian Army convoy in the Boota Pathri area near the Line of Control. During the initial attack, a civilian porter was killed, and four soldiers were injured.[3]

The militants opened fire on the military vehicle, leading to a brief but intense firefight between Indian Army personnel and the militants. The attack resulted in the deaths of two soldiers and two porters. Additional forces were deployed to the area, and a large-scale combing and search operation was launched along the LoC to neutralize the attackers.[1][2][4]

In response to the attack, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Northern Command (India), Lieutenant General M. V. Suchindra Kumar, held a media briefing on 25 October 2024, where he confirmed that the Army was reassessing its strategies. He suggested that the attackers likely received cross-border support from Pakistan, and emphasized that the Army was adapting to the evolving challenges and the tactics used by the militants.[5]

The attack in Baramulla was part of a series of militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir during October 2024. Earlier in the week, on 20 October, a doctor and six construction workers were killed in a terrorist attack on a tunnel construction site in the Ganderbal.[6] Additionally, on 24 October, a blast inside court premises in Baramulla injured one person, further intensifying the sense of insecurity in the region[7]

  1. ^ a b "J&K terror attack: Army operation continues in Baramulla". The Hindu. 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Gulmarg terror attack: Forces launch combing operation along LoC". The Hindu. 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "J&K: One civilian porter killed, four soldiers injured in Baramulla terror attack". Economic Times. 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "At least four killed in ambush on military vehicle in India's Kashmir". Al Jazeera. 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Support from across border, reassessing strategies to tackle: Northern Army Commander on Baramulla terrorist attack". ANI. 25 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Doctor, 7 workers killed in Ganderbal terror attack". India Today. 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Two jawans, two Army porters injured in militant attack in J&K's Baramulla". Times of India. 25 October 2024.