Fresh firing broke out between the security forces and militants on Monday as the stand-off in Pampore area on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway entered the third day.
The militants inside the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building engaged the security forces in intermittent exchange of fire from 5.30 a.m., a police official said.
The official said there were no fresh casualties in the operation as the security forces have adopted a strategy of wearing down the militants physically as well as in terms of ammunition reserves.
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Two CRPF jawans and a civilian were killed while nine other jawans injured when the militants opened fire on a CRPF convoy Saturday afternoon.
Nearly 100 civilians — staff and students of the EDI — were evacuated to safety by the security forces.