Paramilitary trooper injured in Kulgam grenade attack

Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper was injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF camp at Laroo area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday.

Official sources said that some militants hurled a grenade on a CRPF camp of 18 Battalion at Laroo area, resulting in injuries to one paramilitary trooper. The injured was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, they said.

A police official also confirmed the attack and said that one CRPF man suffered splinter injuries.

Following the incident, government forces launched a hunt to nab the assailants.

Meanwhile, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack.

A JeM spokesperson, Mohammad Hassan in a statement said that the grenade went off inside the CRPF’s 18 Bn camp. He claimed that several forces personnel were wounded in the attack that was part of the ‘Operation Noor Mohammad Trali’. (GNS)