Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed and two others injured after militants attacked them at Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district today.
A police official said that militants believed to be two in number, attacked the joint party of CRPF and police in Sopore at around 5.30pm. “The security forces retaliated but militants managed to flee,” he said.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Javaid Koul told NVI that militants fired indiscriminately at the CRPF men at Sopore market killing two CRPF men on the spot while as two others were critically injured. However, another police officials said that another CPRF man succumbed to his injuries taking the total number of causalities to three.
“A massive search operation was launched soon after the attack in the area to nab the militants,” the SSP said. Police source said that a large area has been cordoned off to trace the militants involved in the act.
CRPF spokesman in Srinagar, Pankaj Singh also confirmed the attack. “Three of our men died in the attack,” he said.
Locals said that panic gripped the entire area after the attack as people who were on the road ran for a cover.
“I was buying vegetables and all of a sudden I heard heavy firing. I right away ran for safety,” said Waseem Ahmed, a resident of Sopore.
