In the wee hours on Monday when the Kashmir valley was getting blanketed by the first snow, two fidayeen tried to sneak into a paramilitary camp in Srinagar’s commercial neighbourhood, marking the beginning of a rare gunfight deep inside the state’s heavily guarded summer capital. Even as an alert paramilitary sentry repelled their attempt to sneak into the battalion base, the militants barricaded themselves in a nearby five-storeyed building leading to a lengthy gunfight that continued overnight and ended on Tuesday afternoon. The Monday fidayeen assault in Srinagar was the…
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