Srinagar, Dec 7: The Indian Army Sunday blamed the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the deadly terror attack in Kashmir which killed eight soldiers and three policemen.
A senior army officer based here also said the terrorists who stormed a military camp in Uri Friday were trained like Special Forces and sought to link the killings to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
‘‘These terrorists were highly trained like Special Forces to carry out the attacks,’’ Lt Gen Subrata Saha, general officer commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, told the media here.
There was enough evidence to indicate that the attackers were from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, he said.
‘‘The kind of ammunition they had shows they were in for a big haul. Six AK-47 rifles, magazines and 1,415 rounds were recovered along with food items, suggesting they wanted to stay for a long battle,’’ Gen Saha said.
The terrorists crossed the Jhelum river in Uri as the water level was low there to carry out the deadliest attacks of the day in Uri sector in Baramulla district, he said.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, meanwhile, said Panaji there will be ‘counter-measures’ in the light of the escalating terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir. He said he monitoring the situation in Kashmir on an hourly basis, and also defended his presence in Goa Friday when the attacks took place. IANS