NEW DELHI: Four army personnel were killed in a firing incident at a military station in the Indian border state of Punjab early on Wednesday (Apr 12), officials said, adding that a search for the shooters was in progress.
An unknown number of shooters were at large at the Bathinda military station and had ammunition on them, a defence source told Reuters, declining to be named citing the sensitivity of the matter.
The incident was “not a terror attack”, and took place in a canteen, a senior police official in Punjab, SPS. Parmar told Reuters.
“Station quick-reaction teams were activated. Area was cordoned off and sealed,” the army said in a statement. “Search operations are in progress. Further details being ascertained.”
The incident took place at 4.35am (Wednesday, 7.05am, Singapore time), the statement said.
The military station, about 280km north-west of New Delhi, houses mostly families of soldiers and is a residential army base.