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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 gunmen who stormed a police station in northern Punjab state, close to 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. |
| The attackers first hijacked a car, then opened fire at a bus station before entering a police station in Gurdaspur district, 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. |
| Five people, including two policemen, have been killed and at least six wounded. | Five people, including two policemen, have been killed and at least six wounded. |
| Police believe that the attackers are from Indian-administered Kashmir. | Police believe that the attackers are from Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| Dinkar Gupta said that police were exchanging gunfire with the attackers who have occupied the police barracks. | Dinkar Gupta said that police were exchanging gunfire with the attackers who have occupied the police barracks. |
| Such assaults are common in disputed Kashmir, but attacks in neighbouring Punjab are extremely rare. | Such assaults are common in disputed Kashmir, but attacks in neighbouring Punjab are extremely rare. |
| Security forces have been sent to the area as reinforcements. The dead include Punjab's Superintendent of Police (Detective) Baljit Singh, Gurdaspur police chief Salwinder Singh told BBC Hindi. | |
| 'Developing situation' | 'Developing situation' |
| Details are still emerging about how events unfolded. | Details are still emerging about how events unfolded. |
| A border district, which has seen violence before: Soutik Biswas, BBC News, Delhi | A border district, which has seen violence before: Soutik Biswas, BBC News, Delhi |
| Gurdaspur is a vast and rural district, not as prosperous as other districts in Punjab. It is not immediately an obvious choice for an assault such as this. | Gurdaspur is a vast and rural district, not as prosperous as other districts in Punjab. It is not immediately an obvious choice for an assault such as this. |
| But this is not the first time it has seen such an attack: five years ago people witnessed a bloody gun battle in the district between militants and local policemen. | But this is not the first time it has seen such an attack: five years ago people witnessed a bloody gun battle in the district between militants and local policemen. |
| And it is also one of Punjab's most populous districts, sandwiched between the state's two major rivers, Ravi and Beas, and sharing common boundaries with Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan. | And it is also one of Punjab's most populous districts, sandwiched between the state's two major rivers, Ravi and Beas, and sharing common boundaries with Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan. |
| Locals believe that this time the gunmen may have come from Indian-administered Kashmir or slipped in through some of the porous parts of the riverine tracts of the international border with Pakistan. | Locals believe that this time the gunmen may have come from Indian-administered Kashmir or slipped in through some of the porous parts of the riverine tracts of the international border with Pakistan. |
| The state-run All India Radio said four to five armed men had "fired upon a bus, injuring some passengers" at the bus station. Then they entered a police 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. Then they entered a police station. |
| Gurudaspur's deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha told the AFP news agency that the attackers appeared to be holed up inside the residential quarters at the police station and were "firing continuously". | Gurudaspur's deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha told the AFP news agency that the attackers appeared to be holed up inside the residential quarters at the police station and were "firing continuously". |
| "They were dressed in army uniforms and came in a Maruti [Suzuki] car," he told reporters at the scene. | "They were dressed in army uniforms and came in a Maruti [Suzuki] car," he told reporters at the scene. |
| Bombs had been found on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media. | Bombs had been found on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media. |
| 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 unidentified attackers came dressed in military uniform. |
| "There have been earlier reports of cross-border infiltration [in Gurdaspur] and Pakistani mischief in the area," India's junior minister for home affairs Jitendra Singh told reporters. Pakistan has not reacted to the incident. | "There have been earlier reports of cross-border infiltration [in Gurdaspur] and Pakistani mischief in the area," India's junior minister for home affairs Jitendra Singh told reporters. Pakistan has not reacted to the incident. |
| Are you in northern Punjab state in India? Did you witness the attack at the police station? | Are you in northern Punjab state in India? Did you witness the attack at the police station? |
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