Jammu KashmirCRPF personnel, minor boy killed in militant attack in Anantnag

CRPF personnel, minor boy killed in militant attack in Anantnag

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CRPF personnel, minor boy killed in militant attack in Anantnag

A CRPF jawan and a minor boy were killed when militants attacked a security forces team in Anantnag district of and on Friday, police said.

The militants fired upon a road opening party of the CRPF 90 battalion near Padshahi Bagh bridge in the Bijbehara area of  Anantnag district around 12 noon, a police official said.

He said a CRPF personnel and a five-year-old boy were injured in the attack.

The injured were taken to a hospital in Bijbehara where both of them succumbed, the official said.

The CRPF personnel has been identified as constable Shamal Kumar, while the boy has been identified as Nihan Yawar, a resident of Yaripora area of the neighbouring Kulgam district, he said.

He said the security forces have cordoned off the area and a hunt has been launched to nab the attackers.

Meanwhile, Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah condemned the boy's killing.

“An innocent…boy is the latest victim of the violence in Kashmir. His death in a dastardly grenade attack by militants is tragic and condemned without reservation,” he wrote on Twitter.

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