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A “firing incident” has killed four army personnel at a military station in the Indian border state of Punjab, the army said, adding that a search operation was continuing.
An unknown number of shooters were still at large at the base in Bathinda city, a defence source told Reuters news agency on Wednesday, declining to be named, citing the sensitivity of the matter.
Four soldiers died from gunshot injuries sustained during the shootings, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, an army statement said.
The statement did not mention the circumstances or other details about who was responsible.
The incident was “not a terror attack”, and took place in a canteen, a senior police official in Punjab, S P S Parmar, told Reuters.
The base was sealed off and a joint investigation with the local police was under way, the army statement said, adding that no other injuries and damage to property were reported.
Source: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
