Suicide attack foiled on CRPF camp, four militants killed

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Jun 05 2017 | 10:57 AM IST
Four heavily-armed militants were killed as they tried to storm a CRPF camp in a pre-dawn suicide attack in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The militants tried to enter the camp of 45 battalion CRPF at Sumbal in Bandipora at around 4.10 am by opening fire at the sentry post, a police official said.
He said the firing was retaliated by the guards even as police reinforcement was rushed to the scene of gunbattle.
"Four militants were killed in the retaliatory firing and the suicide attack was foiled," the official said.
He said four AK rifles,one UBGL and some ammunition were recovered from the slain militants.

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First Published: Jun 05 2017 | 10:57 AM IST

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