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Candle light prayers held for Kaluchak massacre victims

A three-member suicide squad of militants had on May 14 fired indiscriminately at passengers on a bus and later stormed the Kaluchak army camp near Jammu killing 34 persons, including army personnel and their family members.

Family members and friends observed two minutes' silence and many were in a mood for seeking revenge.

Artillery man Gurdev Singh, who lost his wife Jaswinder Kaur and daughter Dimple, vowed to take revenge on Pakistan.

"We want war with Pakistan only to reply to the numerous terrorist strikes against our people," Singh, who was away manning a forward post when the terrorists struck, said.

Most family members of the army personnel maintained that their morale remained high.

"Despite what happened, we are always ready to sacrifice our lives for the defence of the motherland," a woman who lost her husband and children, said through her tears.

"We will defend our country at all costs. Not only army personnel, but even their families are ready for any sacrifice to stamp out terrorism from our land," Brig Preeti Arora, Commandant, 166 Military Hospital, said.

The need of the hour is for common people to learn from the sacrifices of defence personnel and stand up against terrorists, she said.

"We are proud of the family members, particularly women, who laid down their lives like soldiers," she said.

PTI

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