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Indian police station in Punjab attacked by gunmen Indian police station in Punjab attacked by gunmen
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Indian security forces are battling suspected militants who attacked a police station in Punjab state, near the border with Pakistan. Indian security forces are battling gunmen who stormed a police station in northern Punjab state, close to the border with Pakistan.
They hijacked a car and then fired at a bus station before entering a police station in Gurdaspur, officials said. The attackers first hijacked a car, then opened fire at a bus station before entering a police station in Gurdaspur district, officials said.
Four people have been killed and at least six wounded.Four people have been killed and at least six wounded.
Senior police officer Dinkar Gupta told the Associated Press that the attackers were believed to have come from Indian-administered Kashmir. The attackers are believed to be from Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior policeman told the AP news agency.
A local police spokesman told AFP that at least one of the dead was a police officer. Dinkar Gupta said that police were exchanging gunfire with the attackers who have occupied the police barracks.
Bombs found Such assaults are common in the restive Indian-administered Kashmir, but attacks in neighbouring Punjab are extremely rare.
Security forces have been sent to the area as reinforcements. A local police spokesman told the AFP news agency that at least one of the dead was a police officer.
'Developing situation'
Details are still emerging about how events unfolded.
The state-run All India Radio said four to five armed men had "fired upon a bus, injuring some passengers" at the bus station.The state-run All India Radio said four to five armed men had "fired upon a bus, injuring some passengers" at the bus station.
The rebels then drove to a police station in Dinanagar area and entered it. "We are also not sure if the attackers inside the police station are holding some hostages. It is a live, developing situation," local police spokesperson Rajvinder Singh said.
Bombs had been found on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, Indian media said. Bombs had been found on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said security forces had been sent to the spot. Indian media reports said the police station was close to the border with Pakistan, and that the unidentified attackers came dressed in military uniform.
Indian media reports said the police station was close to the border with Pakistan, and that the attackers came dressed in military uniform. In April 2010, two policemen and two militants were killed in a gun battle in Gurdaspur near the border with Pakistan.