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| Srinagar: 5 CRPF jawans, 2 ultras killed in terror attack |
| 2013-03-13 |
| India: Five Central Reserve Police Force troopers and two suicide attackers were among seven persons killed and nine others wounded in a fidayeen attack in the Bemina locality of the Srinagar on Wednesday morning. Those injured included seven CRPF troopers and two civilians. All the injured have been evacuated to hospital for treatment. A senior police officer said two militants attacked a CRPF patrol at Bemina near a public school on Wednesday morning lobbing grenades and firing from automatic weapons. "Five CRPF jawans were killed on the spot and seven other jawans were injured," the officer added. Senior policemen and paramilitary CRPF officers rushed to the spot along with reinforcements and the area was immediately surrounded. He said the CRPF and police retaliated and engaged the militants in a gunfight near a school during which the two suicide attackers were killed. However, the he Police Public School was closed due to strike called by separatists in support of their demand for return of mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Abdul Gani Mir aid the group affiliation and identity of the militants killed in the incident was a matter of investigation. |
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