Eight CRPF jawans killed in shootout in Pulwama district

Two of the militants who attacked a CRPF patrol on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway killed

An Indian army soldier, second left, gives first aid to paramilitary soldiers who were injured in a highway ambush in Pampore, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 25, 2016. A few paramilitary soldiers were killed and another 20 were wounded in the ambush by suspected rebels. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Eight CRPF personnel and two militants were killed and more than 21 jawans injured when a group of militants attacked a bus carrying security forces on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in the Pampore area on Saturday afternoon.

CRPF spokesman Bhavesh Kumar said the bus came under attack from “armed militants near Frestibal.”

The bus was travelling from south Kashmir to Srinagar when three militants got out of a car travelling in the opposite direction at a sharp curve in the road and opened fire around 4.50 p.m.

The exchange of fire lasted for more than one hour.