Three paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF ) troopers were killed and eight others were injured, in an ambush by militants in the highway town of Bejibehara in Anantnag district this afternoon.


A senior police officer said militants opened heavy fire from automatic  weapons at a passing bus of the BSF in Bejibehara town.


"Nine BSF jawans were wounded in the attack. The injured were evacuated to the Bejibehara sub district hospital for treatment where two jawans succumbed," the officer said.


He said three jawans critically wounded in the attack were referred by attending doctors to Srinagar for specialized treatment.High tension gripped the highway town situated on the Srinagar Jammu national highway. Shoppers, shopkeepers ran helter skelter for cover.


Senior police and paramilitary officers rushed to the spot along with reinforcements. The market area has been surrounded for searches.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The traffic on the strategic Jammu Srinagar national highway was disrupted.

Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com

Image: An injured BSF jawan being treated at a speciality hospital in Srinagar. Pic: Umar Ganie

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