9 security personnel injured in militant attack in Tral

Srinagar, June 22

Nine security personnel, including five CRPF jawans, were injured in a militant attack in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said.

Militants lobbed a grenade and opened fire on the personnel from a crowd when they were busy with law and order duties on Tral road, a police spokesman said.

He said nine security personnel — five CRPF jawans and four cops — were injured in the attack.

Security forces’ personnel exercised maximum restraint after being attacked to prevent any civilian casualty, the spokesman said.

He said the injured were admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment. PTI