Two CRPF soldiers were killed and three others injured in a militant attack on Monday, 5 October.
The militants attacked a road opening party of the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at 12:50 pm in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, IANS reported.
Jammu and Kashmir IG Vijay Kumar said that the two militants who attacked the CRPF personnel have been identified, reported ANI.
“One terrorist is of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who had earlier also attacked the CRPF personnel twice while the other one is a local terrorist,” J&K IG Kumar said.
The attack took place in the Kandzal area of Pampore bypass in Pulwama.
The injured CRPF personnel were evacuated and taken to a district hospital.
(With inputs from IANS and ANI)
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