Three CRPF personnel killed in militant attack in Kupwara, area cordoned

A day after five security forces personnel were killed in a counter-terror operation, three CRPF personnel were killed in a militant attack on Monday. The attack took place in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The attackers opened fire on a CPRF Naka party at Wangam-Qaziabad in Kralgund area of the district, they said. Three CRPF jawans were killed on the spot, they said.

The area has been cordoned off and additional forces rushed there to track down the assailants, the officials said, adding further details are awaited.

A Colonel and a Major were among five security personnel killed