J&K: CRPF personnel, 5-year-old killed in militant attack in Anantnag’s Bijbehara

The area has been cordoned off by the security forces and a manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers. (File)

A CRPF man and a five-year-old boy were killed after militants attacked a CRPF party in South Kashmir’s Bijbehara on Friday. Police sources said that the attack took place near Padshahi Bagh area of Bijbehara in Anantnag district.

A senior police officer confirmed to The Indian Express that one CRPF man and a boy sustained critical injuries in the attack and they succumbed. The militant been identified as Zahid Daas and belongs to the Jammu Kashmir Islamic State (JKIS) outfit, police said.

#Terrorists fired upon CRPF party at #Bijbehara #Anantnag resulting in death of a #minor #boy and a CRPF personnel . Area cordoned off. Case registered. @JmuKmrPolice

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 26, 2020

The area has been cordoned off by the security forces and a manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers.

A Kashmir based CRPF Spokesperson Junaid Khan told The Indian Express that one CRPF man died in the attack. “There was a deployment of CRPF in the area,” he said.