Militants tonight fired a few shots towards a CRPF camp in Awantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
"Militants fired a few shots at the CRPF camp at Panzgam in Awantipora area at 8.10 pm," a police official said.
He said the jawans from the camp returned fire, forcing the militants to flee.
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A search operation has been launched in the area to track down the militants, the official added.
The incident comes days after six Army personnel and a civilian were killed in a terror attack on the Sunjuwan military station in Jammu.
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