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“Firing exchanges are still going on at the attack site as two militants are still reported to be firing at the security forces,” a police official said on condition of anonymity.
Reinforcements have been rushed to the area to ensure the surviving militants do not escape.
Traffic on the busy highway came to halt immediately after the attack, while tension gripped the nearby Pampore town.
On June 3, three Border Securit
Force personnel were killed and five others were injured after militants ambushed their convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The militants had managed to escape after the attack.
Eight Central Reserve Police Force men were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after militants ambushed a convoy of the security force on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Two militants were also killed in the gunfight, the second major attack on a security convoy this month.
An official said the militants attacked a three-vehicle CRPF convoy coming to Srinagar near Frestbal in Pampore town at around 5.50pm. The
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