Operation in Pulwama ends

August 27, 2017 11:36

The operation inside a district police complex in south Kashmir's Pulwama ended on Sunday where three terrorists had launched a deadly suicide attack which left eight security personnel, including four Central Reserve Police Force men, dead.

The terrorists were killed by the security forces on Saturday.

A police official in Srinagar that the bodies of all three terrorists had been recovered and they were foreigners.

"The operation in Pulwama is over and three terrorists have been killed," the official said.

"Their identity and group affiliation is being ascertained," he said.

The official said four CRPF jawans and four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel had lost their lives in the 'fidayeen' attack.

The terrorists had stormed into the district police lines complex in Pulwama, 25 km from here, at the crack of dawn on Saturday.

While the police, CRPF and army personnel quickly swung into action and cornered the terrorists, they first ensured that family members of the police personnel living within the complex were evacuated to safety.

After all the family members were taken out of the residential quarters, the security forces began the offensive which resulted in the killing of the terrorists.

Director General of state Police S P Vaid Saturday said it was a sad day for security forces who suffered such a heavy causality.

"However, the boys fought bravely and we are only more determined to wipe out militancy from the entire state," he said.

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