Jammu and Kashmir has been hit by many terror attacks in 2016. In the wake of latest attack on an army base in which 17 army men martyred, let us have a look at the past attacks in J&K in 2016.
There have been 90 infiltration attempts till June 30, 2016.
In September, security forces and police engaged in a three-day long operation to neutralize four terrorists who had been entrenched in the Mini Secretariat building.
Militants attacked a CRPF camp in Pulwama district on September 9 but after facing retaliation from the security personnel, they fled.
Just two days after Independence Day, the Hizbul Mujahideen group attacked an Army convoy near Srinagar-Baramulla highway killing eight people and injuring 22 others.
In July, the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid in Kupwara district near the LoC. A soldier was martyred.
In June, eight CRPF personnel were killed and at least 20 others were left injured when militants attacked their convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Pampore.
On June 4, two armed militants attacked a police check-post in Anantnag town, killing an assistant sub-inspector and a police constable before fleeing the spot.
In January, six heavily-armed Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists had attacked the Pathankot air base in a pre-dawn strike.
In an attack at Nowhatta in Srinagar on Independence Day, a CRPF commandant and two militants were killed and nine personnel injured.
Militants had also attacked a BSF installation on August 19 in Kupwara district leaving three BSF personnel injured.