In multiple attacks two days ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, militants stormed an Army camp in Uri in Baramulla district, killing 11 security personnel, including a Lt Col, and targeted a police party in Shopian while a top LeT commander was killed in an encounter.

In a daring pre-dawn attack ahead of third phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir on December 9, heavily armed militants killed 8 Army men and three policemen around 3.10 AM at the camp in Mohra in Uri tehsil of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Six militants were also killed in the attack at the Army camp which is 20 km from the Line of Control (LoC), official sources said.

A Lt Colonel and seven Army personnel were among the dead. While bodies of four army personnel were charred, one had burn injuries and the other three had bullet injuries, the sources said.

In Delhi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, "We have killed three of them (militants) and we will eliminate the remaining.The ones who are left are trapped." "It is possible that this has happened because of elections," he said.

In Soura in the outskirts of the city, top Lashkar-e- Taiba commander Qari Israr was killed by security personnel when he was trying to enter the city, police said.

Encounter breaks out in Soura area of Srinagar. One militant has been killed and the firing between the police and militants is still underway.

'Militant attack on army desperate attempt to disrupt peace', says Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the attack on the army camp in Uri area of Baramulla district was a "desperate attempt" to disrupt peace and normalcy. "Once again shows the desperate levels militants will go to disrupt peace and normalcy," Omar wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.

Militants have struck an army camp in North Kashmir between Baramulla and Uri. Security force casualties are feared. It's an ongoing encounter

On December 2, Army foiled an infiltration bid in Handwara area of Kupwara district killing six militants while one army personnel was also killed. The infiltration bid was foiled even as people in Kupwara district were voting to elect their representatives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to campaign in Srinagar and Samba on December 8 for third phase of the five-stage assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.