NEW DELHI: Terrorists riding a motorcycle opened fire on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel deployed at a checkpoint in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday afternoon, injuring three security personnel. A search operation has been launched to track down the attackers. A CRPF official said that two of the three injured personnel were stable, while the third was in critical condition.The incident took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants, riding a motorcycle, fired at the CRPF personnel before fleeing the spot, officials said. The injured personnel were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment.
Here’s what we know so far:
CRPF releases statement, says two injured
Post attack, CRPF released a statement confirming that two personnel were injured.“Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon. The incident took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants fired at the CRPF personnel before fleeing the spot.
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The injured personnel were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment,” it said.
Recent attack on CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh
Last month, four CRPF personnel were injured in an accidental explosion while defusing residual explosives at the Alarmedgu camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.The injured personnel belonged to the Ammunition Technician Team of the CRPF’s 50th Battalion. They were inspecting camps in the Konta Range and disposing of unserviceable or residual explosives when a fragment of an explosive device detonated.