Sunjwan fidayeen attack not an isolated incident
There have been a number of terrorist attacks, specifically targeting military and police personnel.
The latest fidayeen (suicide) attack on Sunjwan Army camp was not the first of its kind in Jammu as the region has witnessed several deadly attacks in the last 16-years.
The attack in Sunjwan came 15 months after a similar attack in Nagrota on Jammu-Srinagar national highway on November 29, 2016, in which seven soldiers, including two officers, and three unidentified fidayeen militants were killed.
On March 20, 2015, two unidentified militants, three security personnel and a civilian were killed while 11 others including a Deputy Superintendent of Police were injured when terrorists disguised as army troopers created havoc in Kathua district of Jammu.
On November 27, 2014, 10 people, including three soldiers and an equal number of civilians, were killed in a deadly terror attack near the Arnia town, 2.5 km from the border with Pakistan, in R S Pura sector of Jammu.
On September 26, 2013, heavily armed terrorists in combat fatigues stormed a police station and an army formation in Samba district of Jammu killing four policemen, four army personnel and two civilians. Three terrorists involved in the attacks were subsequently eliminated by the troops.
On July 22, 2003, three terrorists stormed an army camp in Akhnoor area of Jammu killing eight security force personnel, including a Brigadier, and injuring 12 others.
The deadliest of the attacks came on May 14, 2002, when 36-people, including family members of armymen, were killed and 48 others injured in a fidayeen attack at an army cantonment in Kaluchak, Jammu.
Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had termed the massacre most inhuman and brutal carnage.