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1/ In the early hours of February 10, 2018, eight-year-old Gurugu Hima Priya was in her house inside the Sunjuwan Military Station in Jammu when the area came under a terrorist attack.
1/ In the early hours of February 10, 2018, eight-year-old Gurugu Hima Priya was in her house inside the Sunjuwan Military Station in Jammu when the area came under a terrorist attack.
2/ When some militants barged into their house, Hima Priya and her mother locked themselves up in a room which led the militants to throw a grenade at the door. The grenade slipped through a part of the door, causing multiple splinter injuries on the mother.
3/ She fell on the floor and began to bleed profusely. Thereafter, Hima Priya opened the door and engaged in a conversation with the militants. They kept a gun pointed at her head for about eight hours but she continued to interact with them.
