Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and two others were injured in a terrorist attack in north Kashmir's Sopore town on Saturday, officials said. The three martyred jawans were identified as Head Constable Rajeev Sharma (42, Bihar), Constable CB Bhakare (38, Maharashtra) and Constable Parmar Stayapal Singh (28, Gujarat). The two paramilitary jawans who sustained bullet injuries have been evacuated to 92 Base hospital at the Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar by chopper. This is the third attack against the paramilitary force in the Kashmir valley within a week. Earlier on Friday, a CRPF trooper was injured after terrorists fired at a similar check post in Pulwama.

Source: dna April 18, 2020 16:52 UTC