Attackers dressed in army fatigues unleashed gunfire and grenades at a police station in India on Monday, killing five people, authorities said.
The gunmen fired at a nearby bus stand before storming the police station, which is next to a hospital, said Gupreet Tur, police chief of Gurdaspur district.
Authorities surrounded the facility and were trying to control the situation.
“So far, they (attackers) have killed five people — two in the police station, two in the adjoining hospital and one outside,” Tur said.
Tur described the incident as a terror attack, but said it was not immediately clear which group the attackers might belong to.
The top district administrator discounted reports the attackers were holding hostages, but said some civilians were “holed up” inside a nearby residential building.
“There are no hostages. There are some people in a nearby building,” Abhinav Trikha said.
Federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he was confident the situation would be resolved soon.
“Security forces have moved. Don’t worry,” he said.
Sandwiched between two rivers, Gurdaspur is Punjab state’s northernmost district, and is close to Pakistan.