Daijiworld Media Network - Srinagar (SD)

Srinagar, Jul 1: In an encounter between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Sopore, a three-year-old boy was saved from getting hit by bullets by the Jammu & Kashmir police. The encounter took place on Wednesday July 1.

On the official Twitter account of the Kashmir police, a photo of a policeman can be seen where the boy is being carried away.

Three CRPF jawans and two other security force personnel were injured while one CRPF jawan and a civilian were killed in the gun battle.

The Kashmir police via Twitter said, “We lost one CRPF personnel and one civilian in a terrorist attack at Sopore. Three CRPF personnel also got injured in the attack.”

The gun battle resulted after the terrorists attacked a road opening party of the CRPF while they were engaged in placing a checkpost at the Sopore by-pass highway in Model Town of Sopore along with personnel from Jammu Kashmir police.

Search operation has been launched and the area has been sealed. Officials from the Indian Army and the police have arrived at the spot.

In the last three months this has been the second attack at Sopore after the terrorists fired at a CRPF party on April 18. Three personnel were killed in the firing.