Srinagar: A CRPF trooper and a 4-year-old boy were killed after militants attacked a paramilitary forces party in Bijbhera area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday afternoon.
Reports said that militants attacked 90 battalion CRPF near Padshae Bagh this afternoon. One CRPF personnel identified as Shymal Kumar and a 4-year-old boy N Bhat son of Mohammad Yaseen Bhat of Machoo Kulgam suffered critical injuries and were removed to hospital but succumbed to their injuries.
BMO Bijbhera said that two persons were brought to the health facility including a CRPF personnel and the boy. Both, he said, succumbed to their injuries. Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers, officials said.
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