A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force trooper was seriously wounded when militants ambushed a road-opening party of the CRPF near Potkah village in north Kashmir's Sopore town, 54 kilometers from Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar, on Thursday afternoon, a senior police officer told rediff.com
He said the trooper was evacuated to a hospital for treatment, and the area was cordoned off after the attack.
More details awaited.
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