18 soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri.
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Wire fencing around 12th Brigade headquarter at Uri had been cut
After reaching the tents, terrorists split up into three groups
16 soldiers of 6 Bihar were killed in the attack, while 10 Dogra lost two
The unarmed soldiers were cornered and many of the 18 who died in the attack, were killed there.
Investigators have found that the wire fencing around the 12th Brigade headquarter at Uri had been cut in two places and suspect that is where the four terrorists sneaked into the camp. But they are perplexed about how they walked about 150 metres into the camp without being challenged.
Four terrorists had sneaked into the Uri Army base early on Sunday morning and killed 17 soldiers in a three-hour gun-battle.
After reaching the tents, where the 6 Bihar advance party of about 40 soldiers was housed, the terrorists split up into three groups, investigators said. Two of them stayed near the tents shooting at soldiers, while the other two moved towards an officer's mess and the motor transport section.
"Soldiers, it appears were cornered, because they had stored their weapons in a makeshift armoury in a tent and were unable to reach them. Some weapons were damaged," a senior officer associated with the investigation told NDTV.
The two terrorists who had moved towards the mess and transport section were engaged by soldiers and were shot dead. The troops then surrounded the other two terrorists and killed them.
The gun battle was over in half an hour.
Army soldiers carry the coffins of their colleagues who were killed in Uri terror attack.
The team from the Bihar regiment arrived in Uri on September 16, to take over command from the 10 Dogra regiment. Officers and jawans from both regiments were present at the base when the terrorists attacked it.
16 soldiers of 6 Bihar were killed in the attack, while 10 Dogra lost two.
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