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Terrorist attack on CRPF in Kulgam; facts being verified: Top Cop

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Terrorist attack on CRPF in Kulgam; facts being verified: Top Cop

Srinagar, Nov 11: Suspected terrorists on Wednesday opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party in the Akhran area of Mirbazar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said.

A senior police officer said that firing was reported on a CRPF party in the area, adding that the facts surrounding the incident are being ascertained.

The officer said that details regarding the circumstances of the firing are still being verified. The status of any possible injuries among CRPF personnel was not immediately known.

Meanwhile news agency KDC quoted CRPF officials, saying that two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon.

Officials said the incident took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants fired at the CRPF personnel before fleeing the spot.

The injured personnel were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment, officials added.

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