5 CRPF Soldiers have been Killed and two have sustained injuries after their patrol team was attacked by Kashmiri separatists at KP Road in Anantnag district of Indian Administered Kashmir. A police inspector and a civilian have also been injured.
According to PTI reports, two Kashmiri separatists fired at the team with automatic rifles and hurled grenades at the patrol team. One of the separatist has been killed by Indian security forces.
According to NDTV, Station House Officer of Anantnag Police Station, Arshad Ahmed, was injured in the attack and has been shifted to Srinagar for treatment.
Nearly 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a suicide blast allegedly carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama district earlier this year. It later snowballed into an aerial dogfight between India and Pakistan, reported NDTV.
