Tourists, locals pay tributes to 40 CRPF martyrs in Pulwama
They showered flower petals at the spot on the Jammu-Srinagar highway where a suicide bomber hit his explosives-laden car into a convoy of CRPF killing 40 troops.
A civilian and three terrorists were killed in separate incidents in South and North Kashmir on Thursday.
One terrorist was killed in a brief encounter this evening with security forces at Bandipora in North Kashmir, while two others were killed during an encounter with security forces in the Padgampora village in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir.
A spokesman of the Northern Command of the army said that a soldier was wounded during the encounter near the Bandipora police station. Security forces have cordoned the area and launched search operation.
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The army spokesman said, one soldier has been martyred in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army in the Poonch Sector on Thursday.
Pakistani troops fired at the Indian post and the Indian troops retaliated the fire.
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