CRPF jawan killed, 5 hurt in militant attack
One CRPF personnel was killed and five others injured along with two civilians, including a 10-year-old girl, when militants attacked a vehicle carrying security forces in Panthachowk area of Srinagar, police said. Lashkar-e-Taiba has claimed responsibility for the attack.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-04-03 16:17 GMT
Jammu
Militants fired at the civilian passenger vehicle carrying CRPF jawans of 97 Battalion at Sempora in Panthachowk area on Monday afternoon, a police official said. CRPF’s head constable Basappa succumbed to injuries while two of the injured are in a critical condition.
A civilian driver of the vehicle was also injured in the attack. The CRPF jawans were on their way to Srinagar for election duty for Lok Sabha bypolls scheduled to be held on April 9.
Lashkar spokesman Dr Abdullah Gaznavi said the attack was carried out by Lashkar commander Abu Mosa and the Lashkar chief has decided to reward him for this terror attack. He also said Lashkar will intensify terror attacks on security forces in Kashmir.
CRPF’s PRO B Chaudhary said their personnel were going from Jammu to Srinagar when they were fired upon by terrorists. He said it is a sensitive time as the separatists have called for boycott of elections. “We are on high alert. CRPF is doing its duty,” Chaudhary said.
This is the third militant attack on security forces in Srinagar in as many days.
On Sunday evening, militants hurled a grenade at a police party in Nowhatta area of old Srinagar, killing one cop, Shams-ud-Din and injuring 15 other security personnel.
On April 1, militants had opened fire on an army convoy on the Parimpora-Pantha Chowk bypass, injuring two jawans.
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), Naib Subedar S Sanayaima Som, was killed in the Digwar area of Poonch sector in an IED blast on April 1.
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