Srinagar: Six persons, including three CRPF jawans, were injured in a grenade attack today by militants on security forces on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
"Some unidentified militants hurled a grenade at a CRPF party at Drangbal on the national highway in Pampore which exploded causing splinter injuries to three CRPF personnel and as many civilians," a police officer said.
The injured have been admitted to hospital.
The area has been cordoned off and a manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers, the officer said.
Gunbattle in Kupwara
A gunbattle broke out on Friday between security forces and militants, hiding in the densely forested Wanigah area of Kupwara district, in north Kashmir, police said.
"The gunfight started after the killing of Colonel Santosh Mahadik in the same area in a gunfight with the militants," a senior police official told IANS in Srinagar.
"Security forces cordoned off the forest area, deploying para commandos and helicopters to ensure the hiding militants do not escape," the official said.
(With agency inputs)
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