SRINAGAR: Indian paramilitary forces 1(illed four suspected suicide attackers who tried to storm their camp in the disputed Kashmir region on Monday.

The gunmen lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons outside the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in India-held Kashmir before dawn, a spokesman said.

`They tried to storm the camp but they were not even allowed to enter the gate,` CRPF spokesman Bhuvesh Choudhary said.

He described the men as `heavily armed fidayeen`, a term commonly used to mean suicide attacker in the region.

`All the four attackers were eliminated in a clean and wonderful operation. There were no injuries on our side, he added. Four assault rifles grenades and other ammunition were recovered from the bodies of the attackers, whose identities were not known. No group has claimed the attack.

`They were carrying huge amounts of ammunition and did not appear to be locals, said director general of police S.P. Vaid-AFP