Pathankot attack similar to Kathua and Samba: NIA team

The NIA team probing the Pathankot air force base terror attack yesterday visited Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu region, where army and police facilities faced terror strikes last year, only to find similarities in the modus operandi of the terrorists

New Delhi: The NIA team probing the Pathankot air force base terror attack yesterday visited Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu region, where army and police facilities faced terror strikes last year, only to find similarities in the modus operandi of the terrorists.

Soldiers display the bullets and other material recovered from the terrorists. Pic/PTI

Similarities
NIA sources said a team of the agency yesterday visited army camp in Samba on the Jammu Pathankot highway where two terrorists opened fire on March 21.

The team also visited Kathua where Rajbagh police station was attacked by a group of terrorists on March 20 last year.

They said the agency could spot glaring similarities in the modus operandi of the terrorists, who staged attack on Kathua, Samba and those attacking Pathankot IAF base on January 1 this year.

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