<p>A CRPF personnel and a civilian were killed in a militant attack in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Three more CRPF men were also injured in the attack.</p>.<p>Reports said militants opened indiscriminate fire on a CRPF patrol party of 179 Battalion near Model Town, Sopore, 52 kms from Srinagar, at around 7:35 am.</p>.<p>One personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a civilian were killed while three other security force personnel were injured in the attack, officials said.</p>.<p>“We lost one CRPF personnel and one civilian in a terrorist attack at Sopore. Three CRPF personnel also got injured in the attack,” the Kashmir Police said on Twitter.</p>.<p>However, the family of the slain civilian alleged that the security forces pulled him out of his car and shot him. A CRPF spokesman while denying the allegations said the civilian vehicle which was coming from Sopore to Kupwara was caught in the firing.</p>.<p>“An old man who was driving the vehicle stopped the car and got down from the vehicle to move away for a safe spot but got killed by terrorists firing. Later the young boy was rescued by security forces who took position nearby,” he said.</p>.<p>Reports said immediately after the attack the area was sealed and a search operation was launched to nab the assailants. This was the second attack on the CRPF in Sopore in recent months. On April 18, militants fired at a CRPF party, killing three personnel.</p>.<p>While most of the encounters in recent months have been happening in southern districts of Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama, a senior police officer said, north Kashmir has more battle-hardened militants active on ground than the South.</p>
<p>A CRPF personnel and a civilian were killed in a militant attack in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Three more CRPF men were also injured in the attack.</p>.<p>Reports said militants opened indiscriminate fire on a CRPF patrol party of 179 Battalion near Model Town, Sopore, 52 kms from Srinagar, at around 7:35 am.</p>.<p>One personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a civilian were killed while three other security force personnel were injured in the attack, officials said.</p>.<p>“We lost one CRPF personnel and one civilian in a terrorist attack at Sopore. Three CRPF personnel also got injured in the attack,” the Kashmir Police said on Twitter.</p>.<p>However, the family of the slain civilian alleged that the security forces pulled him out of his car and shot him. A CRPF spokesman while denying the allegations said the civilian vehicle which was coming from Sopore to Kupwara was caught in the firing.</p>.<p>“An old man who was driving the vehicle stopped the car and got down from the vehicle to move away for a safe spot but got killed by terrorists firing. Later the young boy was rescued by security forces who took position nearby,” he said.</p>.<p>Reports said immediately after the attack the area was sealed and a search operation was launched to nab the assailants. This was the second attack on the CRPF in Sopore in recent months. On April 18, militants fired at a CRPF party, killing three personnel.</p>.<p>While most of the encounters in recent months have been happening in southern districts of Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama, a senior police officer said, north Kashmir has more battle-hardened militants active on ground than the South.</p>