8 SOLDIERS KILLED,22 INJURED
IN TERRORIST ATTACK IN KASHMIR’S PULWAMA
ഭീകരാക്രമണത്തില് വീരമൃത്യു വരിച്ചവരില് മലയാളിയും
Eight soldiers were killed and 22 injured after a Central
Reserve Police Force convoy was ambushed by terrorists today in Pampore in
Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Two terrorists carrying AK-47s and hand
grenades were shot dead in retaliatory firing.The CRPF personnel were returning
from a firing practice in Lathpora when their six-vehicle convoy was fired upon
on a highway on the outskirts of Srinagar. The injured were rushed to the
hospital."Five of the injured men are in a very critical condition,"
said Durga Prasad, Director General, CRPF.Mr Prasad said the terrorists
targeted a bus in the convoy and was carrying 40 CRPF personnel, adding that
the attackers even tried to get onto the bus but were shot dead before they
could succeed.
The two reportedly belonged to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and sources said there was prior information of a possible attack by the terrorist organisation."An alert had been issued," a top official said.Two other men, said to have driven the terrorists to the attack site, escaped before the firing begun, sources said.Condemning the attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, "Deeply anguished to learn of the death of CRPF personnel in an ambush at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir today."PM Modi too said in a tweet, "I salute the courage of the CRPF personnel martyred today in J&K. They served the nation with utmost dedication. Pained by their demise." "The attackers had 11 magazines and 147 rounds of AK-47 ammunition which shows that they were extremely well prepared, Mr Prasad said.In an another encounter today in Baramulla, two terrorists have been killed by the security forces.This is the fourth attack on security forces in the state within this month. In three previous attacks, five police and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed and several others have been injured.Infiltration has dramatically gone up compared to the previous year. There have been infiltrations by over 50 terrorists in the last five months. Last year, there was zero infiltration in the first four months.
The two reportedly belonged to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and sources said there was prior information of a possible attack by the terrorist organisation."An alert had been issued," a top official said.Two other men, said to have driven the terrorists to the attack site, escaped before the firing begun, sources said.Condemning the attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, "Deeply anguished to learn of the death of CRPF personnel in an ambush at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir today."PM Modi too said in a tweet, "I salute the courage of the CRPF personnel martyred today in J&K. They served the nation with utmost dedication. Pained by their demise." "The attackers had 11 magazines and 147 rounds of AK-47 ammunition which shows that they were extremely well prepared, Mr Prasad said.In an another encounter today in Baramulla, two terrorists have been killed by the security forces.This is the fourth attack on security forces in the state within this month. In three previous attacks, five police and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed and several others have been injured.Infiltration has dramatically gone up compared to the previous year. There have been infiltrations by over 50 terrorists in the last five months. Last year, there was zero infiltration in the first four months.
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അതേസമയം ഭീകരാക്രമണത്തില് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടവരില് മലയാളി സൈനികനും ഉണ്ടെന്നാണ് റിപ്പോര്ട്ടുകള്. തിരുവനന്തപുരം സ്വദേശി ജയചന്ദ്രനാണ് തീവ്രവാദികളുടെ ആക്രമണത്തില് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത്. ഭീകരാക്രമണത്തില് 22 പേര്ക്ക് പരുക്കേറ്റിട്ടുണ്ട്. പരുക്കേറ്റവരില്
അഞ്ച് പേരുടെ നില അതീവഗുരുതരമാണ്.
ലാത്പോറയിലെ സൈനികകേന്ദ്രത്തില് നിന്നും പരിശീലനത്തിന്
ശേഷം മടങ്ങിയ ആറ് സൈനിക വാഹനങ്ങള്ക്ക് നേരെയാണ് ഭീകരര് വെടിവെയ്പ്പ് നടത്തിയത്.ആക്രമണത്തിന് പിന്നില് ലഷ്ക്കര് ഇ തോയിബയാണെന്നാണ് സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കാത്ത റിപ്പോര്ട്ടുകള്. കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ട ഭീകരരുടെ പക്കല് നിന്ന് എകെ 47 തോക്കുകളും ഗ്രനേഡുകളും വെടിയുണ്ടകളും
കണ്ടെടുത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.
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