10 CRPF personnel injured in Kashmir militant attack

Srinagar, Feb 20: Ten Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured on Saturday when guerrillas attacked their convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway near Pampore town in Pulwama district of Kashmir region, police said.

After the attack, three militants entered the nearby multi-storeyed Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) building, a senior police officer said here.

"The building has been surrounded and an operation has been started to flush out the militants. Intermittent firing is going on," the officer said, adding that the trainees and staff of the institute are being evacuated.

IANS