CCTV footage of Valley attack: Militants had M4 carbine, AK-47; at camp for 7 mins

Seven men — six from extracurricular Kashmir and a section doc — were killed successful the attack. They were moving for infrastructure institution APCO Infratech, which is constructing the Z-Morh tunnel connected the Srinagar-Sonamarg highway.

The onslaught took spot astatine the campy astir 7.25 pm, erstwhile immoderate employees were sitting successful the eating country and others were heading for dinner. The campy is conscionable beneath an attack roadworthy to the tunnel, and is surrounded by barren mountains connected 1 broadside and the Srinagar-Leh nationalist road connected the other.

CCTV footage of 1 of the 2 militants astatine the site

Senior constabulary officers arsenic good arsenic officers of the National Investigation Agency and different information agencies visited the spot pursuing the attack. “There is nary CCTV camera installed astatine the spot wherever they archetypal opened fire. CCTV captured the country wherever they headed adjacent — the 2 tin beryllium seen entering and opening fire. They besides attacked the messiness earlier coming retired and firing connected much workers,” a root said.

Initial probe has besides revealed that the attackers enactment a grenade wrong a conveyance parked astatine the camp earlier shooting the driver. “After signaling the statements of the injured persons and a information defender who managed to escape, it came to airy that initially, the workers thought that immoderate radical were bursting firecrackers. But wrong two-three minutes, they realised it was a panic attack,” the root said.

CCTV footage of 1 of the 2 militants astatine the site

The attackers, a root said, were carrying an M4 carbine battle firearm and an AK-47, and 37-40 utilized cartridges were recovered from the spot. “Security agencies and the section constabulary are questioning section villagers and trying to find retired details of the terrorists’ section handler, who helped them behaviour a recce earlier the attack. We are besides trying to get details of some the attackers from our database,” the root said, adding that the attackers fired astatine each country wherever determination was airy since powerfulness astatine the campy was chopped during the incident.