CRPF foils terror attack on camp

A gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists after their attempt to strike a CRPF camp here was foiled, killing a paramilitary jawan, officials said yesterday. The terrorists holed up inside an abandoned house in Karan Nagar, in the heart of Srinagar city, after their early morning bid to storm into the camp was foiled, triggering the gunfight, which was on till late yesterday.

The jawan, belonging to 49 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), suffered injuries in the gunfight and died hours later, they said. Intermittent exchange of fire continued, there were also clashes between security forces and stone-pelting youths near the site, they said. The heavily-armed terrorists tried to strike the CRPF camp, located very close to SMHS Hospital from where Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Naveed Jutt alias Abu Hanzala was freed from police custody by terrorists on February 6.

Ankush, son of Indian Army JCO Madan Lal Choudhary, who was killed in the terrorist attack at Sunjuwan Army camp, salutes his father's mortal remains. Pics/PTI

"The sentry at the camp noticed two suspicious persons at around 4.30 am, carrying backpacks and weapons. He challenged them and opened fire," a spokesman of the CRPF said.
The terrorists fled the spot and took shelter in the abandoned house in a residential area, the officials said. The incident comes two days after Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists attacked an Army camp in Sunjwan area of Jammu, killing six people including five soldiers.

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