February 2016 Pulwama militant siege

A militant siege of Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Pulwama district occurred on 20 February 2016 in Kashmir.^[1] It was part of the 2016 Kashmir unrest.

Events

Prior to this incident militants had attacked a Central Reserve Police convoy travelling on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, resulting in three police deaths. In a gunfight later, one civilian was killed in gunfire between police and militants, and over a dozen were injured, including police.^[2]

After the attack on convoy, militants besieged the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India. The government personnel were immediately rescued but one employee, a gardener, was killed in the initial gunfight.^[1] The fight lasted 48 hours, in which, it was found, three militants were cleverly changing their position in the building, engaging security forces in fierce battle. A special team of Indian forces finally cleared each floor of the building and searched every room for militants, then neutralized all three.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Stand-off in Kashmir as militants take over government building". The Hindu. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ "J&K encounter: Militants attack CRPF convoy in Pampore, kill three jawans, civilian". Zee News. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ "Three militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Pulwama District (update-Pulwama), AniNews.in". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.

[so-1] "Stand-off in Kashmir as militants take over government building". The Hindu. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

[2] "J&K encounter: Militants attack CRPF convoy in Pampore, kill three jawans, civilian". Zee News. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

[3] "Three militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Pulwama District (update-Pulwama), AniNews.in". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.

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