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Five security personnel injured in J&K
Srinagar, Aug 05: Five security personnel were injured when militants set off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and fired indiscriminately, targetting road opening parties (ROPs) at two places in Kashmir Valley today, official sources said.
Srinagar, Aug 05: Five security personnel were injured when militants set off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and fired indiscriminately, targetting road opening parties (ROPs) at two places in Kashmir Valley today, official sources said.
A group of unidentified militants fired heavily on a CRPF vehicle carrying cops to Zainapora from Shopian at Nagbal for ROP duty in connection with the visit of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to a village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, the sources said.
The sources said three CRPF jawans were injured in the attack which took place around 9.45 am. The CRPF personnel also fired in retaliation but the ultras managed their escape. Two army personnel were injured in an IED blast at Sirigam in Pothushahi area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir around 8 a m, the sources said.
They said the IED was planted by militants on the main road and detonated when the troops were on ROP duty.
Meanwhile, security forces recovered a large quantity of explosives from two separate places in Baramulla and Anantnag districts since last night, army and BSF spokesmen said. They said troops of 88 battalion BSF recovered six kgs of explosives, a remote control circuit, a wireless set, an explosive slab with primer, four hand grenades, three AK magazines and 245 rounds of ammunition from Saidpura-Arampora in Sopore area of Baramulla district during search operations.
Army troops smashed a militant hideout in Anantnag district and recovered two kgs of explosives, four detonators, three AK magazines and 70 rounds last night, they said.
Bureau Report
The sources said three CRPF jawans were injured in the attack which took place around 9.45 am. The CRPF personnel also fired in retaliation but the ultras managed their escape. Two army personnel were injured in an IED blast at Sirigam in Pothushahi area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir around 8 a m, the sources said.
They said the IED was planted by militants on the main road and detonated when the troops were on ROP duty.
Meanwhile, security forces recovered a large quantity of explosives from two separate places in Baramulla and Anantnag districts since last night, army and BSF spokesmen said. They said troops of 88 battalion BSF recovered six kgs of explosives, a remote control circuit, a wireless set, an explosive slab with primer, four hand grenades, three AK magazines and 245 rounds of ammunition from Saidpura-Arampora in Sopore area of Baramulla district during search operations.
Army troops smashed a militant hideout in Anantnag district and recovered two kgs of explosives, four detonators, three AK magazines and 70 rounds last night, they said.
Bureau Report