A serviceman, severely injured in the militant attack on the army brigade headquarters in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir that took place on September 18, has died in a hospital, bringing the total death toll of the assault to 19, local media reported on Friday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Naik Raj Kishor Singh, who was receiving medical assistance at the army’s Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi, succumbed to his injures on Friday, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Naik Raj Kishor Singh, who was receiving medical assistance at the army’s Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi, succumbed to his injures on Friday, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.
A group of militants, that attacked India's base in Uri, according to New Delhi crossed into India-administered northern Kashmir territory from Pakistan. In the wake of the attack, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh called for isolation of Pakistan from the international community as a state supporting terrorist groups avoiding direct allegations of Pakistani involvement in the Sunday attack. Islamabad claimed to be not implicated in the attack.
On Thursday, the Indian forces conducted "surgical strikes" against suspected positions of terrorists in the disputed areas of Kashmir region under the Pakistani control.
India and Pakistan have been engulfed into a dispute over the Jammu and Kashmir regions for decades. Tensions between them escalated in July after Indian security forces killed Burhan Wani, a renowned separatist commander.
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