Heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the Army in North Kashmir’s Uri town in the wee hours today, killing 17 soldiers and injuring 19 other personnel in the terror strike in which four ultras were neutralised.
Explosions and gunfire erupted as the militants attacked the camp, which is located barely few metres away from the Army’s Brigade Headquarters in Uri town, 102 kms from here, around 4 AM, official sources said.
The jawans of the Dogra Regiment were sleeping in a tent which caught fire due the explosion. The fire also engulfed the nearby barracks, the sources said.
17 jawans were killed in the terror attack, the Northern Command of the Army said.
19 other personnel were injured in the strike in which four militants were killed.
Social media users have been quick to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his hawkish approach towards Pakistan while seeking votes during 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Many users also posted Modi’s old tweets condemning the then Manmohan Singh government for being weak in the face of similar terror attacks by Pakistan.
Some journalists also questioned the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s silence.
Parrikar has been news for all sorts of wrong reasons. Not so long ago, he had confessed to being part of the team, which carried out a dirty campaign against Aamir Khan after the actor criticised the environment of intolerance in the country.
On Saturday, Parrikar described him as a disciplined RSS worker while also mocking Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tongue surgery to rid his chronic cough.
Here are some early social media reactions;
https://twitter.com/SlinkyFeline_/status/777411060336881664
#UriAttack में देश के 17जवान शहीद , लेकिन अभी #Modi जी भोजन ,बैठक ,और विश्राम वाले फॉर्मूले पर कायम हैं… #हद्दहै @narendramodi #Modi
— Gaurav singh sengar (@sengarlive) September 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/AnshuChhibber/status/777401918456991744
Now bring heads of 170 Pak soldiers, as promised….#UriAttack
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) September 18, 2016
The #UriAttack manifests complete, thorough failure of #ModiSarkar to protect India from cross-border violence. 17 valiant soldiers martyred
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 18, 2016
Was surprised to see this tweet until I noticed the date ! #UriAttack pic.twitter.com/WO7VCiCpq4
— The-Lying-Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) September 18, 2016
There are still some people who believe #BadbolaDoval ? #UriAttack https://t.co/VSfegTS2yS
— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) September 18, 2016
It's High Time to Put Your Words into Action.. Pakistan still killing our soldiers.. #UriAttack https://t.co/Kv5YtAljdN
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) September 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/777390328445751296
We lost 17 soldiers! @manoharparrikar Twitter handle is silent. At least @rajnathsingh tweeted thrice and kept us informed on #UriAttack
— Sanjay Pugalia (@sanjaypugalia) September 18, 2016
The #UriAttack is so depressing. We need strong decisive retaliation. Mr @manoharparrikar we are closely watching your response.
— Rashmin (@RashminPulekar) September 18, 2016
So Modi bhakts in media has responded for #UriAttack with verbal missile attacks https://t.co/L0TnCaQ1Zm
— J Venkatesh (@jvsk3) September 18, 2016
We lost 17 soldiers! @manoharparrikar Twitter handle is silent. At least @rajnathsingh tweeted thrice and kept us informed on #UriAttack
— Sanjay Pugalia (@sanjaypugalia) September 18, 2016
Dear @narendramodi, entire nation is looking at you. They elected you for your promises. When will you walk the talk. #UriAttack
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) September 18, 2016
