Militants ambush security forces' convoy in Srinagar, 4 jawans injured

The militants fired AK assault rifles to target the central security force personnel who were returning to their unit base.

Srinagar: At least, four members of Sashastra Seema Bal or SSB were injured in a militant ambush in Srinagar on Friday evening.

Police sources said that a small convoy of the SSB came under the sneak attack by militants at Zakura on the outskirts of Srinagar along the road to Ladakh at about 7.30 pm. The militants fired AK assault rifles to target the central security force personnel who were returning to their unit base after performing law and order duty in Srinagar city.

The SSB men on board the vehicle retaliated by returning fire but the militants reportedly fled the scene through a poplar and willow nursery. J&K police, CRPF and SSB reinforcements reached the spot and laid siege to a vast area to start searches. Ambulances were seen coming out of the area and going towards City's main hospital Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Media Sciences.

(This story first appeared in Deccan Chronicle)