SRINAGAR: Heavily armed militants today launched a pre-dawn suicide attack on a CRPF camp in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, killing three personnel of the force and injuring four others.
CRPF officials said two militants holed up in a building block in the camp were killed in the subsequent operation to neutralise the ultras.
“Two heavily armed militants stormed the camp at about 2 am. They were armed with under-barrel grenade launchers and automatic weapons. They were challenged by camp sentries,” CRPF officials said,
CRPF Public Relations Officer (PRO) Rajesh Yadav said that the militants fired indiscriminately injuring three CRPF personnel.
The injured personnel later succumbed to injuries. One of the injured personnel was identified as Saifuddin, a resident of Nowgam here, officials said.
The CRPF camp also serves as training centre for troops inducted for counter-militancy operations in Kashmir Valley.
A Jammu and Kashmir Police team is also co-located with CRPF in this camp. (AGENCIES)
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