Srinagar:

Three soldiers were killed in action in a pre-dawn suicide attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. Two terrorists who had barged into the army camp were shot dead.

Two soldiers were also injured.

The terrorists resorted to heavy firing after they barged into the army camp at Darhal area in Rajouri district, following which the army retaliated.

The army said five soldiers were injured in the attack and both the terrorists were killed.

Rajouri district and other parts of the Jammu region have largely been free from terrorism but over the last six months there have been a series of terrorist-related incidents in Jammu.

Police said the Lashkar-e-Toiba terror group is behind the attack.

Recently, police busted a major Lashkar module in the area after the arrest of Talib Hussain Shah, a BJP leader who was eventually disowned by the party.

Shah, according to police, was involved in series of attacks in the area and large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from him.

The attack comes just a day after police averted a major tragedy by recovering 25 kg improvised explosive device (IED) in Pulwama district of the union territory.