May 02, 2026 11:49 pm (IST)
Another jawan killed in ongoing Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IBNS): A soldier of 9 Para who was injured in the ongoing gunfight in Pampore area of Kashmir, died at a hospital on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Official said that Lance Naik Om Prakash was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed.
Earlier, an army captain, two CRPF jawans and a civilian had died while nine troopers have been injured in the firefight that ensued on Saturday afternoon and is still underway.
Earlier, the group of heavily-armed militants, believed to be three in number, attacked a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu highway outside the EDI.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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