Seven killed as terror attack on India's Pathankot air base enters its third day

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The battle between Indian armed forced and a group of militants at the Indian air force base in Pathankot, near the India-Pakistan border, has now entered its third day.

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The attack began in the early hours of Saturday, when gunmen dressed in Indian military uniforms entered the residential area of the base using a hijacked police vehicle. Pathankot is located around 430 km away from the Indian capital

An Indian army helicopter flies above the Pathankot air force base in Pathankot, India, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016