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  India   Crime  26 Jun 2020  Anantnag: CRPF personnel, minor boy killed in militant attack

Anantnag: CRPF personnel, minor boy killed in militant attack

PTI
Published : Jun 26, 2020, 3:40 pm IST
Updated : Jun 26, 2020, 3:40 pm IST

The militants fired upon a road opening party of the CRPF 90 battalion near Padshahi Bagh bridge in the Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir

 Indian soldiers carry a ladder as they return from the site of a gun-battle in Srinagar. AP photo
  Indian soldiers carry a ladder as they return from the site of a gun-battle in Srinagar. AP photo

Srinagar: A CRPF jawan and a minor boy were killed when militants attacked a security forces team in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said.

The militants fired upon a road opening party of the CRPF 90 battalion near Padshahi Bagh bridge in the Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir district around 12 noon, a police official said.

He said a CRPF personnel and an eight-year-old boy were injured in the attack.

The injured were taken to a hospital in Bijbehara where both of them succumbed, the official said.

The CRPF personnel has been identified as constable Shamal Kumar, while the boy has been identified as Nihan Yawar, a resident of Yaripora area of the neighbouring Kulgam district, he said.

He said the security forces have cordoned off the area and a hunt has been launched to nab the attackers.

Meanwhile, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah condemned the boy's killing.

"An innocent...boy is the latest victim of the violence in Kashmir. His death in a dastardly grenade attack by militants is tragic and condemned without reservation," he wrote on Twitter.

Tags: kashmir militant attack, anantnag
Location: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar