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SRINAGAR:
The CRPF today foiled an attempt by Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants to storm its battalion headquarters near a research centre of the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre here by killing two of their cadres.
Two heavily-armed ultras tried to enter the headquarters of 42 Battalion at Zakura this morning but were killed in the ensuing encounter, CRPF Inspector General S K Singh said.
Seven CRPF men were injured in the attack carried out from the rear side of the camp, he said. The militants, taking advantage of tall grass in the nearby field, came close to the boundary wall of the camp and hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately at the pickets.
The two militants were killed in the retaliatory firing. Another militant who provided cover fire to these two escaped.
Later a caller identifying himself as LeT spokesman Abdullah Gaznavi told local media that the attack was mounted to denounce claims by authorities that peace has returned to the Valley.
He also threatened of more such attacks till their goal is achieved.
He identified the deceased militants as Feroz Ahmad Khan alias Abu Muslim and Abu Maaz.
This is first attack of its kind in the city for nearly one year The injured cops are identified as Manoj Trivedi, Vinod Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Mohammed salim, Altaf Hussain, Rajesh Sharma, Kalti Kumar, and Sudesh trivedi.
Meanwhile Police claimed that it has killed one Jamiat-ul- Mujhadeen at Arin in north Kashmir's Bandipora district .
Sources quoting senior Police officers said that on a tip off about the presence of a militant in the house of Syed Mubarak Shah and a joint operation was launched by Bandipora Police and 14-RR.
They further said that as the search team zeroed on the target, militant resorted to indiscriminate firing which was duly retaliated by the troopers. One militant hiding inside the house was gunned down in the ensuing encounter till the last report came in
Police identified the slain militant as Saqib, a JeM cader.
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