Two suspected Islamic militants stormed an army camp in Indian Kashmir killing 12 soldiers before being shot dead.
The guerrillas attacked the army brigade headquarters in Sunjwan, on the outskirts of Jammu, by scaling the wire fence early today.
They then detonated hand grenades and opened fire killing 12 soldiers and wounding another seven, army spokesman Brig BS Jind said.
The attackers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with troops that lasted more than two hours, Brig Jind said.
Al Nasreen, a little-known Islamic rebel group, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mr Abu Salem Mehmood, who said he was an Al Nasreen spokesman, telephoned the BBC office in Jammu and said his group had carried out the raid.
Elsewhere, the army killed two commanders of the rebel group Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen in pre-dawn fighting today near Beerwah, a town 15 miles southwest of Srinagar, Indian army spokesman Lt Col Mukhtiar Singh said.
AP