July 01: Today at about 0740 hours, terrorists, fired indiscriminately upon joint party of Police and CRPF from attic of a nearby mosque near Nowpora crossing Model Town Sopore. In this terror attack 04 CRPF personnel and a civilian got injured. Among injured, 01 CRPF Personnel and the civilian succumbed to their injuries. The killed civilian has been identified as Bashir Ahmad Khan son of Gh. Mohammad Khan resident of Mustafa Colony HMT Srinagar.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the terrorists were hiding in a mosque and as the joint party were de-boarding the vehicles for naka duty, they were fired upon indiscriminately by the hiding terrorists.
Pertinent to mention that, the killed civilian who was accompanied by his 3 year grandchild were passing through the area when the terrorists fired indiscriminately. Four CRPF jawans and the civilian were hit by bullets, fired indiscriminately by terrorists. The said civilian and crpf personnel received bullet of terrorists initially before our retaliation. Hiding terrorists escaped from the mosque and our parties followed them and retaliated. However, the minor boy was rescued by the police/crpf.
Credible input indicates that 02 LeT terrorists, Osman, a foreigner and Nasir are involved in the said attack on the joint party.
Regarding the incident case under relevant sections of law was registered by police and investigation is in progress. The officers continue to work to establish the full circumstances of this terror crime. Area has been cordoned and search in the area is going on.