Terrorists attack police station, army camp in Jammu and Kashmir

Terrorists dressed in army fatigues killed at least 12 people in a police station and an Army cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir. Over a dozen are injured and more casualties are feared.

Seen here, police officials gather as an army helicopter hovers during an attack by terrorists in Samba district.

The police said about three or four heavily armed terrorists first attacked a police station in Hiranagar of Kathua district in Jammu, killing four cops and two civilians.

Here, police officers take position during the terrorist attack in Samba.

They escaped and surfaced in an Army cantonment in the adjoining Samba district, where they have reportedly killed at least six Army personnel.

Seen here, soldiers gather behind a small wall during the attack.

At the camp, they reportedly walked into the officer's mess shouting jihadi slogans and killed at least five unarmed Armymen, including the Lt Col, who was the second in command of the 16 Cavalry, the armoured corp unit attacked today. The Lieutenant Colonel was reportedly shot in the stomach at point back range.

Seen here, soldiers take position during the Samba attack.

CRPF and police personnel have joined the Army in the attempt to flush out the fidayeen or suicide attackers; two of them have reportedly been killed.

Here, a soldier takes position during the attack.

There was reportedly much confusion and chaos at the cantonment as the terrorists were dressed in Army uniform. The commanding officer of 16 Cavalry is among over a dozen people injured in the two attacks.

Seen here, smoke rises above the army camp during the attack in Samba district.

The terrorists were not stopped at the gate and walked into an officers' mess, where they attacked and killed unarmed Armymen.

BJP president Rajnath Singh accused Pakistan of "continuing with its strategy to strike at will through a proxy war of terror."

Seen here, bullet marks from the attack are seen on a concrete wall at the police station in Hiranagar.

Hiranagar in Kathua is about a kilometre from the border with Pakistan and a top cop said the terrorists could have infiltrated into India recently.

Seen here, an injured policeman is rushed to a hospital for treatment.