Five CRPF personnel were martyred and one terrorist was killed in a terror attack believed to be carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists on a joint team of security forces in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday. Sources in the police said that two bike-borne terrorists appeared when security forces were deployed at the Khanabal-Pahalgham stretch, known as KP road, in the district for picket duty. "Five CRPF jawans attained martyrdom, three other injured have been evacuated to Janglad Mandi hospital...... area is under cordon, reinforcement has reached, " CRPF said in a statement. Jammu and Kashmir Police had shared an intelligence input about a possible terror strike on security forces around the general bus stand which is located on KP road. Pilgrims travelling to the cave shrine have to pass through the stretch of the road where Wednesday's attack took place.

Source: dna June 13, 2019 00:00 UTC