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A militant '''siege of Entrepreneurship Development Institute in [[Pulwama district]]''' occurred on 20 February 2016 in [[Kashmir]].<ref name="so">{{Cite web|title = Stand-off in Kashmir as militants take over government building|url = http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/militants-storm-training-institute-in-kashmir/article8261733.ece|website = The Hindu: Mobile Edition|access-date = 2016-02-22}}</ref> It was part of the [[2016 Kashmir unrest]].<br />
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==Events==<br />
Prior to this incident [[militant]]s had attacked a [[Central Reserve Police Force|Central Reserve Police]] [[convoy]] travelling on the [[Srinagar Jammu National Highway]], resulting in three police deaths. In a gunfight later, one civilian was killed in gunfire between police and militants, and over a dozen were injured, including police.<ref>{{Cite web|title = J&K encounter: Militants attack CRPF convoy in Pampore, kill three jawans, civilian|url = http://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir/dozens-of-people-trapped-inside-j-k-building-as-militant-takes-shelter_1857561.html|website = Zee News|access-date = 2016-02-22}}</ref><br />
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After the attack on convoy, militants besieged the [[Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India]]. The government personnel were immediately rescued but one employee, a gardener, was killed in the initial gunfight.<ref name="so"/> The fight lasted 48 hours, in which, it was found, three militants were cleverly changing their position in the building, engaging security forces in fierce battle. A special team of Indian forces finally cleared each floor of the building and searched every room for militants, then neutralized all three.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story181876/three-militants-killed-in-an-encounter-with-security-forces-in-kashmir-039-s-pulwama-district-update-pulwama-.html|title=Three militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Pulwama District (update-Pulwama), AniNews.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906043007/http://aninews.in/newsdetail2/story181876/three-militants-killed-in-an-encounter-with-security-forces-in-kashmir-039-s-pulwama-district-update-pulwama-.html|archive-date=6 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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