PATHANKOT: Seven soldiers lost their lives and 20 others injured in a terror attack on Pathankot airbase in Punjab so far as fresh gunshots were heard Monday morning after which the security forces intensified their operation against suspected terrorists holed up in the area.
Today is the third day the operation and so far five suspected terrorists have been killed, however, at least one is suspected to be alive and hiding in the adjoining forest.
Meanwhile, the seven security personnel, who have been killed in the operation, will be cremated today.
-Operations at the air base, where terrorists had launched a pre-dawn attack on Saturday, continued for the third day.
Intermittent gunfire, which carried on through yesterday, had stopped late in the evening.
The gun-battle started at 3.30 am on Saturday. The armed forces – which had secured the compound following intelligence warning – had detected the advent of terrorists with the help of aircraft using thermal imaging capability.
