Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured, two of them critically, after unidentified attackers opened fire on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday, officials said.
The attack took place at around 2.15 pm at Akhran, near Mir Bazar.
According to a CRPF statement, the attackers arrived on a motorcycle and fired at personnel deployed at a naka, or checkpoint, before fleeing. The injured were taken to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment.
"Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka (checkpoint) in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon," the CRPF said in a statement.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down the attackers.
The CRPF statement added: "The incident took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants fired at the CRPF personnel before fleeing the spot. The injured personnel were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment."
In October, four CRPF officers were injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh while defusing residual explosives at Alarmedgu camp in Sukma district.
(This is a developing story.)
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