Srinagar, Publish Date: Oct 4 2017
Taking a jibe at Pakistan, Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday said that they were expecting more militant attacks “as long as our ‘friendly neighbour’ doesn’t behave”.
Addressing reporters after participating in the wreath-laying ceremony of a slain BSF officer, Director General (DG) K. K. Sharma said: “As long as our ‘friendly neighbour’ does not behave, I think we will expect to have many more attacks.”
In an audacious pre-dawn strike, militants on Tuesday stormed a highly-fortified camp of Border Security Force close to the Srinagar ‘international’ airport, leaving the three attackers and a BSF officer dead in the ensuing eight-hour-long gunfight.
Sharma said that the attackers were targeting arms and ammunition stored at the BSF camp.
“Fidayeens cannot be stopped from coming, so the response is important. Without causing collateral damage and without causing much harm to our own forces, we were able to neutralise. BSF has done a good job,” Sharma said.
