India: Militants Attack Police And Army Bases

By Neville Lazarus, Sky News Asia Producer

India's prime minister has condemned a "heinous terrorist attack" on a police station and nearby army base in which nine people were reportedly killed.

Militants dressed in army uniform stormed a police station in the Samba region of Jammu, where they shot dead six people and hijacked a truck.

They then drove to a nearby army base where they killed the truck driver and began shooting at soldiers inside the camp, two of whom are thought to have died.

The attack triggered calls for planned talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawz Sharif to be cancelled.

However, Mr Singh suggested the meeting would go ahead as planned.

"This is one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of the peace," he said.

The attack happened in India's northwestern Jammu district

"We are firmly resolved to combat and defeat the terrorist menace that continues to receive encouragement and reinforcement from across the border.

"Such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue."

Mr Singh had been under pressure not to agree to talks while attacks near the India-Pakistan border continue.

India has accused Pakistan of 120 ceasefire violations since the start of the year.

Pakistan denies arming or training militants but says it offers moral support to Kashmir's Muslim population, which it claims faces human rights abuses at the hands of Indian forces.

There has been no meaningful dialogue between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks in 2008 in which 166 people were killed.

The Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attack on the landmark Taj Mahal Hotel and other targets.

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