3 CRPF jawans killed in militant strike in Sopore
Source: PTI
STAFF WRITER 19:20 HRS ISTSrinagar, Sep 29 (PTI) Militants struck at a crowded bus stand in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town this evening, killing three CRPF jawans, including a head constable, and seriously wounding a woman bystander.
The attackers, whose number could not be ascertained, fired at the para-military troopers, on duty at the bus stand, from point-blank range at around 1725 hours, CRPF spokesman P Tripathi told PTI.
Two jawans died instantly while one succumbed to gunshot wounds on way to hospital, he said adding the pistol-wielding militants fled after staging the attack in the apple-rich town, some 55-km from here.
The dead were Head Constable Des Raj and Constables D Pratab and Ramesh Kumar who were deployed at the crowded bus stand when the ultras struck.
A woman, waiting for a bus, was hit by a bullet and was admitted to hospital where her condition was described as critical.
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