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Security forces on Monday killed all four terrorists, who carried out a series of planned attacks in Punjab’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gurdaspur+">Gurdaspur</a> district, according to Reuters. The gun battle between the security forces and terrorists continued for more than ten hours. 
 
According to police, they heard terrorists shouting 'Allah hu Akbar' (God is great) before the start of the intense gunfight, indicating the assault was a suicide attack. 
 
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 The <keyword id="6389314" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Militants">militants</keyword> wearing army uniform went on a rampage attacking a bus, a health centre and a police station in the morning. At least six people were killed in the attack, including <keyword id="95863" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Punjab-Police">Punjab Police</keyword> SP (detective) Baljeet Singh. 
 
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 The terrorists first struck a bus in Dinanagar at around 5 a.m., injuring four passengers. According to police, the militants also shot dead a roadside vendor near Dinanagar bypass before entering the <keyword id="2970347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dinanagar-police">Dinanagar police</keyword> station where they injured five policemen. 
 
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Attacks on security installations by militants dressed as army men or police are very common in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Jammu+and+Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, but Monday's was the first such assault in Punjab in 13 years, according to data from the <keyword id="52011" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="South-Asia">South Asia</keyword> Terrorism Portal, which tracks militant violence. 
 
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Meanwhile, Home Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Rajnath+Singh+">Rajnath Singh</a> has said that the country will give a befitting reply. "We will not be the first to strike, but if we are hit, we will give a befitting reply. We want peace with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Pakistan+Navy">Pakistan</a>, but not at the cost of national honour," he said. 
 
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The minister said that he would make a statement over the attack in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Parliament+">Parliament</a> tomorrow after the Opposition created a ruckus in Parliament. 
 
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In a related development, five live bombs were also found on Amritsar-Pathankot railway track. 
 
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Security forces on Monday killed a terrorist and injured another during a gun battle, which is going on for the past nine hours in Punjab’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gurdaspur+">Gurdaspur</a> district. Four heavily armed militants wearing army uniform went on a rampage attacking a bus, a health centre and a police station in the morning. 
 
Punjab Police SP (detective) Baljeet Singh was martyred while fighting the terrorists, who struck the bus in Dinanagar at around 5 a.m., injuring four passengers. 
 According to police, the militants also shot dead a roadside vendor near Dinanagar bypass before entering the <keyword id="2970347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dinanagar-police">Dinanagar police</keyword> station where they severely injured five policemen. 
 
Meanwhile, Home Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Rajnath+Singh+">Rajnath Singh</a> has said that the country will give a befitting reply. "We will not be the first to strike, but if we are hit, we will give a befitting reply. We want peace with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Pakistan+Navy">Pakistan</a>, but not at the cost of national honour," he said. 
 
The Home Minister also said that he would make a statement over the attack in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Parliament+">Parliament</a> tomorrow after the Opposition created a ruckus in <keyword id="6354721" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="parliament">Parliament</keyword>. 
 
 In a related development, five live bombs were found on Amritsar-Pathankot railway track and the train services on the route have been suspended. 
 The Home Ministry said that an alert has been sounded along the border with <keyword id="3001" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Pakistan">Pakistan</keyword>. Army was called in from Pathankot and the whole area has been cordoned off. 
 
Quick Reaction Teams, bomb squads and a heavy police contingent including senior officers have been deployed in the area which lies close to the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indo-Pakistan+">Indo-Pakistan</a> border. 
 
According to official sources, the forces' strategy was to minimise casualties and to capture some of the terrorists alive. 
 
Though soldiers carrying shoulder-fired rocket launchers and other artillery were present at the spot, security agencies had opted not to use these till absolutely necessary. 
 
 
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Gurdaspur terror attack: One terrorist killed, Punjab SP martyred

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Terrorists wearing army uniforms on Monday attacked a bus, a health centre and a police station, leaving five people, including a policeman, dead and several injured in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. 
 The <keyword id="6354416" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Army">Indian Army</keyword> has launched an operation against the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=militants">militants</a> numbering about five who are holed up in <keyword id="2970347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dinanagar-police">Dinanagar police</keyword> station complex. The assailants also targeted a building where the families of police personnel reside and threw grenades, reported news agencies. 
 
The army was called in from Pathankot and the whole area has been cordoned off. 
 
Quick Reaction Teams, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=bomb+squads">bomb squads</a>, heavy police including senior officers have also been deployed in the area which lies close to the Indo-Pakistan border. 
 
Two army helicopters were also pressed into the operation and a gun-battle was on when reports last came in. Though there were reports of a hostage situation, officials were tightlipped. 
 According to police, the attack started at about 5 a.m. when the <keyword id="6389314" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Militants">militants</keyword> first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a car after killing a person who was sleeping near Dinanagar bypass. 
 
They said that the militants opened fire on a moving bus, in which four passengers were injured. 
 
They also targeted a community health centre adjacent Dinanagar police station, in which a policeman and three civilians including a woman who were present in the premises were killed. 
 
The gunmen later entered the Dinanagar police station and opened fire on policemen there in which five policemen were seriously injured. They then targeted other part of the building where the families of police personnel reside. 
 
Further, five live bombs were found on Amritsar-Pathankot railway track and the train services on the route had been suspended. 
 
Union Home Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Rajnath+Singh+">Rajnath Singh</a> spoke to Punjab Chief Minister <keyword id="55130" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Parkash-Singh-Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</keyword> and <keyword id="43858" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="National-Security-Advisor">National Security Advisor</keyword> Ajit Doval about the situation. 
 Singh assured Badal of full assistance to tackle the situation. The <keyword id="6359327" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Home-Ministry">Home Ministry</keyword> has also asked <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Border+Security+Force+">Border Security Force</a> to enhance vigil along the entire international border with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indo-pakistan">Pakistan</a>. 
 
"I have spoken to the Punjab CM, who apprised me of the developing situation in Gurdaspur. Security forces have rushed to the spot," said Singh, who is on his way to Madhya Pradesh. 
 
Parkash Singh Badal summoned an emergency meeting in view of the incident. 
The attackers entered the Dinanagar Police Station and opened fire at the police personnel. Among the injured was Dinanagar SHO Mukhtiar Singh, SSP Gurdaspur Gurpreet, Singh said. 
 
The two sides were locked in a heavy exchange of fire, several hours after the incident, he added. 
 
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