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| 2016 Uri attack | |||||
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| Part of Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Kashmiri Separatists | India | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Jaish-e-Muhammad | Indian Army 4 Para (special forces) | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 4 killed | 19 killed, 19-30 injured | ||||
The 2016 Uri attack was carried out on 18 September 2016 by four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists from Pakistan against an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the Indian Jammu and Kashmir. 19 Indian soldiers were killed in the attack, and 19–30 others were injured. It was reported by the BBC as having been "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades".[1]
Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based jihadist organization (designated as a terrorist organization by the India, Australia, the US, and UK among others), was involved in the planning and execution of the attack.[2] At the time it was carried out, the Kashmir Valley was experiencing high levels of violent unrest.[3][4]
- ^ "Militants attack Indian army base in Kashmir 'killing 17'". BBC News. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Swami, Praveen; Roy, Shubhajit (28 September 2016). "Uri attack: Jaish-e-Muhammad suspects in hand, evidence shown to envoy". Indian Express.
- ^ Ahmad, Mukhtar; Phillips, Rich; Berlinger, Joshua (19 September 2016). "Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian territory of Kashmir". CNN. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
After a few years of relative calm in Indian-administered Kashmir – largely considered one of the world's most tumultuous geopolitical flashpoints since the India-Pakistan partition – the region has been gripped by unrest for more than two months.
- ^ "India blames Pakistan militants for Kashmir attack which killed 17". Yahoo. 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.