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| Gurdaspur attack: Ten killed in Indian police station siege | Gurdaspur attack: Ten killed in Indian police station siege |
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| Ten people have died in the Indian state of Punjab after a siege at a police station was brought to an end by security forces. | Ten people have died in the Indian state of Punjab after a siege at a police station was brought to an end by security forces. |
| All three attackers were killed, along with seven other people, including the Punjab state police superintendent. | All three attackers were killed, along with seven other people, including the Punjab state police superintendent. |
| The attackers first hijacked a car then opened fire at a bus station before entering the police station in Gurdaspur district, officials said. | The attackers first hijacked a car then opened fire at a bus station before entering the police station in Gurdaspur district, officials said. |
| Police believe that the attackers are from Indian-administered Kashmir. | Police believe that the attackers are from Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| Gurdaspur Police Chief Salwinder Singh told the BBC: "The operation to flush out attackers is over. All three attackers have been killed." | Gurdaspur Police Chief Salwinder Singh told the BBC: "The operation to flush out attackers is over. All three attackers have been killed." |
| The six victims included four policemen - among them police superintendent Baljit Singh - and three civilians. | The six victims included four policemen - among them police superintendent Baljit Singh - and three civilians. |
| The attackers were armed with automatic weapons and dressed in military fatigues. | The attackers were armed with automatic weapons and dressed in military fatigues. |
| 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. |
| Gurdaspur's deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha told the AFP news agency that the attackers had holed up inside the residential quarters at the police station and were "firing continuously". | Gurdaspur's deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha told the AFP news agency that the attackers had 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. |
| Security forces also found bombs nearby on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media. | Security forces also found bombs nearby on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media. |
| 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. |
| Jitendra Singh, India's junior minister for home affairs, suggested the attackers may have come across the border from Pakistan. | Jitendra Singh, India's junior minister for home affairs, suggested the attackers may have come across the border from Pakistan. |
| "There have been earlier reports of cross-border infiltration [in Gurdaspur] and Pakistani mischief in the area," he told reporters. | "There have been earlier reports of cross-border infiltration [in Gurdaspur] and Pakistani mischief in the area," he told reporters. |
| The Pakistani foreign ministry condemned the attack. "Pakistan reiterates its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," it said in a statement. | The Pakistani foreign ministry condemned the attack. "Pakistan reiterates its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," it said in a statement. |
| "We extend heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the government and people of India." | "We extend heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the government and people of India." |