| 2018 Sunjuwan attack | |
|---|---|
 Location of Sunjuwan in Jammu city | |
| Location | Sunjuwan Military Station, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Coordinates | 32°42′5.0″N 74°55′19.2″E / 32.701389°N 74.922000°E |
| Date | 10 February 2018- 11 February 2018 |
| Deaths | 10 (6 soldiers, 1 civilian and 3 militants) |
| Injured | 11 |
| Perpetrators | Jaish-e-Mohammed |
On 10 February 2018, at predawn, 3 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists[1] attacked Sunjuwan Military Station, in the city of Jammu, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Along with the attackers, 6 soldiers and 1 civilian were killed, while 20 were injured including 14 soldiers, and five women and children.[2][3][4] Notably, this attack coincided with the death anniversary of Afzal Guru,[5] convicted in the 2001 Indian parliament attack.[6] The attack was described as one of the worst since the 2016 Uri attack.
The man described by the Indian Army as the mastermind of the attack, Mufti Waqas, a commander in Jaish-e-Mohammed, was killed in an army operation on 5 March 2018 in Awantipora.[7][8][9]
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