Srinagar: Two CRPF men were killed and three others injured after militants attacked a joint government forces party at Kandizal area of Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said Monday.
An official said that five CRPF men sustained injuries in the militant attack, who were shifted to hospital for treatment.
CRPF spokesman for operations (Kashmir) Junaid Khan told Kashmir News Observer that among the injured, two CRPF personnel succumbed.
Soon after the attack, officials said that traffic was halted in the area and a massive search operation has been launched by the Army’s 50 RR and Police to nab the attackers. KNO