A soldier went on a shooting spree inside an army camp in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, killing four of his colleagues before he could be disarmed, police said.

"The soldier went berserk inside the army camp near Panzgam village around 6 a.m., shooting four of his colleagues with his service weapon before he could overpowered and disarmed," a senior police officer told IANS.