An Indian soldier stands guard during a gun battle with armed militants at an Indian army base at Nagrota, some 15 kms from Jammu on November 29, 2016. - AFP
Srinagar (India) (AFP) - Armed militants stormed a major Indian army base near the frontier with Pakistan early Tuesday, killing three soldiers, as tensions between the two neighbours ran high after weeks of cross-border firing.
Police said four militants had also been killed in a stand-off with security forces inside the command centre in northern Jammu and Kashmir state that lasted most of the day.
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