Srinagar , India ( CNN ) -- Nine people were killed and seven others were wounded after a group of militants attacked security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday , authorities said . The unrest in the territory , long disputed by India and Pakistan , comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between the two countries ' prime ministers on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly ( UNGA ) in New York . Two to three militants in army fatigues attacked a police station early Thursday in Hiranagar , a town about 60 kilometers ( 35 miles ) from the city of Jammu , said Rajesh Kumar , inspector general of police for the Jammu area . `` The militants forced their entry into the police station , opened indiscriminate fire and fled , '' he said . Four police officers and and two civilians were killed in the attack , he said , and two civilians and a police officer were wounded . Kumar said the militants fled in a truck and drove to an Indian Army camp in the nearby town of Samba where they opened fire on soldiers . Three military service members were killed and three others were wounded in the ensuing gun battle , which was continuing , said army spokesman S.N . Acharya . Meeting planned . The violence took place as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are in New York for the UNGA . Singh has said he will meet with Sharif , among other leaders , at the event . Reports in the Indian news media have said the two men are due to hold talks on Sunday . Singh condemned the Kashmir attack in a statement released by his office , linking violence in the region to Pakistan . `` This is one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace , '' he said . `` We are firmly resolved to combat and defeat the terrorist menace that continues to receive encouragement and reinforcement from across the border . '' But he said that `` such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue . '' The statement did n't specifically mention Singh 's planned meeting with Sharif . The attack took place hours after the Indian and Pakistani armies had traded small-arms and automatic weapon fire in the district of Poonch on the Line of Control , the de-facto border between the two countries in Kashmir , according to Acharya . The exchange of gunfire is the latest in a string of small-scale clashes along the frontier this year . Hiranagar and Samba , where the militants struck Thursday , are both within about 10 kilometers of the Line of Control . CNN 's Jethro Mullen contributed to this report .
They open fire at a police station and then an army camp , authorities say . The gun battle at the army camp is continuing , a military spokesman says . The Indian premier calls it ` ` one more in a series of provocations and barbaric acts '' He is due to meet with his Pakistani counterpart in New York .