Three soldiers, 1 civilian killed in terror attack in JK's Shopian
Four people, including three soldiers, died in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar, Feb 23:Four people--three soldiers and one civilian, a woman--were killed in a terror attack in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, late on Wednesday night.
Reports add that a total of seven soldiers were injured in the incident, most of them are in critical state."The victims included a lieutenant colonel and the civilian, a woman, was inside her house when a bullet hit her during the firing," the police said.
Seven soldiers were also injured in the attack.
#UPDATE: Three Army personnel and a civilian have lost their lives in the terror attack in Shopian(J&K)
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Three Army personnel and a civilian have lost their lives in the terror attack in Shopian(J&K) (earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/iF8GRcJUcx
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A woman was killed in cross firing, army officials told reporters.
"Reinforcements were immediately rushed to surround the area and track the militants," the police added.
The incident comes a week after three soldiers were killed in an encounter with terrorists at the Bandipora district in North Kashmir. Terrorists had opened fire on the security forces which was conducting searches at Parray Mohalla in the Hajin area.
With inputs from agencies
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