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| 2015 Gurdaspur attack | |
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  2015 Gurdaspur attack (Punjab) Location in Punjab, India | |
| Location | Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India |
| Coordinates | 32°07′42″N 75°28′11″E / 32.128255°N 75.469683°E |
| Date | 27 July 2015 5.30 am (IST) |
| Target | Punjab police, civilians and Indian Railways |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | AK-47s, Night Vision Device, Grenades, GPS devices[1][2] |
| Deaths | 10 (including 4 policemen, 3 terrorists and 3 civilians)[3] |
| Injured | 15[3][4] |
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On 27 July 2015, three gunmen dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the death of three civilians and four policemen, including a superintendent of police; fifteen others were injured. In addition, five bombs were found planted on the Amritsar–Pathankot line on a rail-bridge near Parmanand railway station, five kilometers from the site of the attack. All three attackers were killed in the operation, which lasted almost 12 hours.[3][4]
Such terrorist attacks are rare in Punjab after the Punjab insurgency, which sought to form an independent Sikh nation of Khalistan, ended in the 1990s. However, such attacks are common in the Disputed Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that borders Gurdaspur, where Islamist insurgents are seeking independence or accession to Pakistan and from where the gunmen were at first suspected to have entered.[6][7] On the basis of the GPS system found in the terrorists' possession, India claimed the insurgents infiltrated through the border with Pakistan.[8]
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gadgetswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Tribune News Service (27 July 2015). "Terror attack in Gurdaspur; SP among seven killed". The Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Gurdaspur Attack: Encounter ends; 3 civilians, 4 policemen dead". The Hindu. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Army on standby as Punjab Police tackle terrorists".
- ^ "Pakistan condemns Gurdaspur Attack in India". Fitrak News. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Barry, Ellen (27 July 2015). "Gunmen in India Kill at Least 5 in Attack on Bus and Police Station". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Gurdaspur attack: GPS reveals terrorists crossed border 5 km from site of attack". 29 July 2015.