Terrorists attacked a petroleum occasion in J&K’s Sopore this morning. (File)
Srinagar/ New Delhi:
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan and one civilian died this morning and three CRPF troops have been injured after terrorists attacked a patrol occasion in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Terrorists resorted to indiscriminate firing on a CRPF patrol occasion in Baramulla district’s Sopore city, about 50 km from Srinagar, police mentioned. The CRPF troops retaliated however the terrorists managed to flee.
Four CRPF troops have been injured within the assault. One of them later died resulting from accidents.
A person, who was in a automotive along with his kids, was additionally shot through the assault. He died on the spot, a senior police official mentioned. His three-year-old grandson was additionally within the automotive.
“JKP #rescued a three years old boy from getting hit by bullets during #terrorist #attack in #Sopore. @JmuKmrPolice (sic),” a tweet by the Kashmir Zone Police learn.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police shared this image on Twitter.
“Terrorists attacked a naka (patrol) party at Sopore’s Model Town. The area has been cordoned off and search operation has been started,” Director General of Police Dilbag Singh, Jammu & Kashmir Police, was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
Search is on for the terrorists, the Kashmir Zone Police mentioned in a tweet.
We #lost one CRPF personnel and one civilian in a #terrorist#attack at #Sopore. Three CRPF personnel additionally bought injured within the assault. Area has been cordoned off and search is on to nab the #terrorists. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 1, 2020
Forty-eight terrorists have been killed final month in separate encounters.
Last month, J&Okay police chief Dilbag Singh mentioned that greater than 100 terrorists have been killed this yr. “During the last five-and-a-half months, over 100 terrorists have been neutralised, out of them 50 plus were from the Hizbul Mujahideen, around 20 from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, 20 from the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the rest from smaller outfits like Al-Badr, Ansar Gazwatul Hind,” Mr Singh mentioned.
On Monday, safety forces killed three terrorists, together with Hizbul Mujahideen commander Masood Ahmed Bhat, in an encounter in Anantnag distric