SRINAGAR, Oct 22: Four unidentified attackers were killed on Monday when Indian forces foiled a raid on a high-security Indian air force base in occupied Kashmir, an army spokesman said.

An air force employee and a pedestrian were also killed when the attackers opened fire at the gates of the fortified base, a police spokesman said.

They drove up to the base in a van, stopped near the main entrance and opened fire, he said.

The Lashkar-i-Taiba said it had carried out the attack.

Spokesman Abu Osama said in Srinagar that the four Lashkar men died after a three-hour firefight and added that they killed eight Indian soldiers and air force personnel before being gunned down.

Indian guards at the facility fired back and killed all the four occupants of the vehicle, said an Indian army official—AFP