Two alert constables of the Indo Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP) force thwarted(prevent (someone) from accomplishing something) an attempt by terrorists to storm the Indian
Consulate building at Mazar-i-Sharif in Northern Afghanistan, which came
under attack on Sunday night, a senior government official said.
The
two terrorists were either injured or killed by the ITBP commandos as
the jawans saw the bodies being dragged away by other members of the
group.
Three bodies were recovered outside the
consulate on Monday, though an unknown number of terrorists engaged in a
fierce(having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness) gun battle with the Afghan forces till late on Monday night.
“The role of the ITBP was to secure the premises when it was attacked
during the night. Our men performed that duty quite well. Their morale
is high and it is because of their alertness, the attack could be
averted,” said Krishna Chowdhury, DG, ITBP.
Though
the Ministry of External Affairs initially said the consulate building
could not have been the target, ground reports and analysis of the
grenade fired from the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher establish
that the terrorists wanted to attack the building. The RPG burst missed
the consulate but hit another building behind, which led the MEA to
believe initially that they were not the target, a senior government
official explained.
The first attempt to storm the
consulate was made at 9.15 p.m. on Sunday, when the terrorists fired
thrice from the RPG. This alerted the ITBP commandos who stopped them at
least 150 metres away from the main entrance.
More
commandos joined in and they held fort for more than two-and-a-half
hours till the Afghan National Police took over from them. Late on
Monday night, the Afghan authorities declared that the gun battle had
ended and all terrorists had been killed.
Data that may be helpful:
Meanings:-
Meanings:-
- thwarted :- prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
- fierce:- having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness
Source: The Hindu, 05-Jan-2016
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