India: Militants attack patrol near Awantipora killing 2 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) policemen
Two CRPF personnel were killed when militants attacked a patrol party on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Thursday, police sources said.
The attack took place outside Pandav park near Awantipora, 32kms from here, this evening, the sources said.
They said the CRPF jawans were part of a Road Opening Patrol deployed to secure the highway when they were attacked.
Both the jawans were shot at point-blank range and died on way to hospital, the sources said.