Two army troopers were injured when militants opened fire on the security forces during a cordon and search operation in south Kashmir Shopian district on Tuesday evening.
A senior police officer said troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles and the police jointly surrounded the Haff Shermal village in Shopian district on specific information about presence of a group of militants there.
“As the security forces were cordoning the area for searches, hiding militants opened fire, seriously injuring two army jawans. They were evacuated to hospital for treatment. The security forces returned the fire,” the officer said.
More reinforcements were rushed to the area. “The troops are conducting searches in the village,” he added.
Early this month over a dozen people were injured in a powerful grenade blast in Shopian.
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