India blames Pakistan as Kashmir attack kills 17 soldiers

Smoke billows out from inside an Indian Army base which was attacked by suspected militants in Uri, west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir

India, Sept 18 (Reuters) - India accused Pakistan of being behind Sunday's separatist attack on an army base near their disputed frontier that killed 17 soldiers, in one of the most deadly attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency.

Four commando-style gunmen, armed with AK-47 assault rifles and grenades, burst into the brigade headquarters in Uri at 5:30 a.m. (midnight GMT) and were killed after a three-hour gunfight, a senior Indian army officer said.