Information About Incident 6579-11758-27983 in Garhwa India

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According to official sources, a group of heavily armed terrorists lobbed a number of grenades and fired rockets at the OB van that contained the Low Power Transmitter (LPT) at Garoora in Bandipora.

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Meanwhile, a mobile television transmitter was damaged when unidentified terrorists attacked the state-run Doordarshan?s Outdoor Broadcasting (OB) van with grenades and rockets in the Bandipora area of Baramulla district on January 26. According to official sources, a group of heavily armed terrorists lobbed a number of grenades and fired rockets at the OB van that contained the Low Power Transmitter (LPT) at Garoora in Bandipora. However, no one was injured in the attack, the sources added.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
6579-11758-27983 1/27/2002 India Three persons including a Special Police Officer killed in J&K

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