BARAMULLA, July 1 -- A CRPF trooper and a civilian were killed while three other paramilitary personnel were injured, and a toddler was saved by the police after militants attacked a CRPF party at Model town area of Sopore on Wednesday morning. A top police official said that, today morning, militants attacked 179 Bn of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Model town of Sopore.

Today morning at around 8:30 am, militants attacked 179 Bn CRPF reached Model Town Sopore that was sent for naka/patrolling duties. As the troops were de-bussing from the vehicles to occupy their respective spots of deployment, militants hiding in the attic of a nearby mosque or around it, they started firing indiscriminately on the troops, in which four jawan...